MTTR, MTBF, MTTF: Breakdown of Failure Metrics

September 2020

Keeping your assets and equipment running at peak performance is critical kpis reporting mttr, mtbf, mttf to any organization. In today’s world, asset and equipment breakdown and failures still occur. It is essential for companies to have a process in place to track all of their assets and equipment that are prone to failures in order to maximize uptime and keep disruptions at a minimum.

With the proper management of failures, you can reduce the negative impact to your organization. To help you manage these failures, there are a number of important metrics that have been put in place to help you monitor these failures. Track the right KPIs for better performance.

Some of the industry’s most commonly tracked metrics are MTTR (mean time to repair), MTBF (mean time before failure), and MTTF (mean time to failure). We’ll discuss what each of those acronyms means and how you can use them to improve your operations. Read more…

Janet Jaquis is a CMMS software specialist with over 8 years at eWorkOrders, where she develops educational content, technical guides, whitepapers, and implementation resources for maintenance management professionals. Her work covers preventive maintenance, work order management, asset reliability, inventory and spare parts, mobile maintenance, and CMMS implementation across manufacturing, healthcare, government, food and beverage, and facilities operations. Janet's content is grounded in customer testimonials, case studies, industry research, and ongoing engagement with the eWorkOrders product team and customer base. Prior to eWorkOrders, she spent her career at AT&T in enterprise technology, working on the development and launch of AT&T WorldNet — one of the first major commercial internet services — and serving as Product Marketing Manager for AT&T WorldNet and AT&T Satellite Services. She holds a degree in Marketing and completed the full PMP (Project Management Professional) certification program.