RIS Downtime & Bottleneck Tool
STOP GUESSING WHERE THE TIME WENT.
TURN EVERYDAY DELAYS INTO DATA YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE.
The RIS Downtime & Bottleneck Tool helps industrial teams capture where productive time is being lost, identify recurring constraints and turn everyday operational delays into a clearer picture of what’s getting in the way.
Track the loss. Find the pattern. Focus improvement where it matters.
WHERE PRODUCTIVE TIME DISAPPEARS
DOWNTIME IS EASY TO SEE. THE SMALL LOSSES AREN'T.
Not every productivity loss stops the operation.
Crews wait for equipment. Materials aren't ready. Information is missing. Work gets interrupted. The same bottleneck shows up shift after shift—but because the operation keeps moving, those losses can disappear into the day.
Individually, they look small. Across crews, shifts and weeks, they add up.
The RIS Downtime & Bottleneck Tool gives those losses somewhere to go—so recurring issues become visible instead of relying on memory, anecdote or the occasional frustrated conversation.
IF YOU CAN SEE THE PATTERN, YOU CAN START FIXING THE PATTERN.
FROM DELAY TO USABLE DATA
CAPTURE THE LOSS. FIND THE BOTTLENECK.
The RIS Downtime & Bottleneck Tool gives your team a consistent way to record operational delays and start identifying where productive capacity is being lost.
01 — RECORD THE EVENT
02 — IDENTIFY THE CAUSE
02 — IDENTIFY THE CAUSE
Capture when productive time is lost, where it happened and what was affected.
02 — IDENTIFY THE CAUSE
02 — IDENTIFY THE CAUSE
02 — IDENTIFY THE CAUSE
Categorize the issue so recurring sources of downtime and operational friction become easier to recognize.
03 — TRACK THE IMPACT
03 — TRACK THE IMPACT
03 — TRACK THE IMPACT
Build a clearer picture of how individual delays accumulate across the operation.
04 — FIND THE PATTERN
03 — TRACK THE IMPACT
03 — TRACK THE IMPACT
Use the collected information to identify recurring bottlenecks and focus improvement conversations on evidence instead of assumptions.
THE POINT ISN'T TO COLLECT MORE DATA. IT'S TO KNOW WHAT DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION.
WHAT’S INSIDE
MORE THAN A PLACE TO LOG DOWNTIME.
The tool is structured to help turn individual downtime events into information that can support better operational conversations and improvement decisions.
01 — DOWNTIME LOG
02 — BOTTLENECK CATEGORIES
02 — BOTTLENECK CATEGORIES
A structured place to capture downtime events, duration, location or work area, and the operational details behind the loss.
02 — BOTTLENECK CATEGORIES
02 — BOTTLENECK CATEGORIES
02 — BOTTLENECK CATEGORIES
Organize recurring delays by cause so patterns become easier to spot across shifts, crews and work activities.
03 — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
04 — IMPROVEMENT FOLLOW-UP
04 — IMPROVEMENT FOLLOW-UP
Bring the collected information together to see where time is being lost and which issues are having the greatest impact.
04 — IMPROVEMENT FOLLOW-UP
04 — IMPROVEMENT FOLLOW-UP
04 — IMPROVEMENT FOLLOW-UP
Turn identified issues into something actionable by recording priorities, ownership and follow-up.
FROM “WE KEEP LOSING TIME HERE” TO SOMETHING YOU CAN ACTUALLY SHOW, TRACK AND ADDRESS.
who its for
FOR OPERATIONS THAT KNOW TIME IS BEING LOST—BUT NEED TO SEE WHERE.
The Downtime & Bottleneck Tool is designed for teams that need a practical way to turn recurring delays, interruptions and operational friction
into something visible and measurable.
01 — OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION TEAMS
02 — SUPERVISORS & FRONTLINE LEADERS
02 — SUPERVISORS & FRONTLINE LEADERS
Capture recurring delays and build a clearer picture of what is affecting productive time.
02 — SUPERVISORS & FRONTLINE LEADERS
02 — SUPERVISORS & FRONTLINE LEADERS
02 — SUPERVISORS & FRONTLINE LEADERS
Give crews a consistent way to document the issues they encounter instead of relying on memory at the end of the shift.
03 — MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT TEAMS
04 — CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
04 — CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
Identify recurring equipment, material, access and support-related delays that interfere with execution.
04 — CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
04 — CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
04 — CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
Use field-level information to help prioritize where investigation and improvement effort should be focused.
INDUSTRIAL. MINING. CONSTRUCTION. BUILT AROUND THE REALITIES OF THE WORK.
INSIDE THE TOOL
FROM SHIFT DATA TO A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE LOSS.
Log what happened in the field and let the workbook turn those individual events into a clearer view of operational performance.
YOUR RIS TOOLKIT
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO START TRACKING THE LOSS.
Built to be practical from the first use. Open the workbook, follow the instructions, replace the sample information with your own operational data and start building a clearer picture of where downtime is accumulating.
01 — READY-TO-USE WORKBOOK
01 — READY-TO-USE WORKBOOK
01 — READY-TO-USE WORKBOOK
A structured Microsoft Excel workbook built for downtime and bottleneck tracking—no formulas or dashboards to build from scratch.
02 — DOWNTIME LOG
01 — READY-TO-USE WORKBOOK
01 — READY-TO-USE WORKBOOK
Record events by date, site or location, equipment or work area, cause, duration, estimated hourly cost and status.
03 — AUTOMATED DASHBOARD
03 — AUTOMATED DASHBOARD
03 — AUTOMATED DASHBOARD
Logged information feeds the dashboard so downtime hours, estimated cost impact and recurring causes can be reviewed in one place.
04 — BUILT-IN GUIDANCE
03 — AUTOMATED DASHBOARD
03 — AUTOMATED DASHBOARD
Instructions and reference lists are included to help you configure the tool and start using it with your own operation.
PRODUCT DETAILS
FORMAT: Microsoft Excel workbook
DELIVERY: Digital download
USE: Editable for your operation
SAMPLE DATA: Included to demonstrate how the tool works
DOWNLOAD IT. MAKE IT YOURS. PUT IT TO WORK.
BUILT FOR YOUR OPERATION
BUY IT ONCE. ADAPT IT TO THE WAY YOU WORK.
Your purchase includes a single-organization internal-use license. Customize the workbook with your own sites, equipment, work areas and operational information, then use it within your organization as part of your day-to-day improvement work.
YOU CAN
Customize the workbook for your organization.
Use it internally with your teams.
Enter, analyze and retain your own operational data.
Create internal reports and improvement discussions from the results.
YOU CAN’T
Resell or redistribute the workbook.
Provide copies to another organization.
Package it into another commercial product or service.
Claim the RIS tool itself as your own intellectual property.
Need a version for multiple organizations, consulting use or customized deployment?
Contact RIS to discuss licensing.
READY TO PUT IT TO WORK?
START FINDING WHERE THE TIME IS GOING.
Stop relying on memory and scattered notes to understand recurring downtime. Give your team a practical way to capture the loss, see the pattern and focus improvement where it matters.
RIS DOWNTIME & BOTTLENECK TOOL
C$ 79.00
Microsoft Excel • Digital Download • Single-Organization License
Digital product. Delivered electronically. No physical product will be shipped.
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