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machine ancillary time. Non-productive time when a machine is being serviced, cleaned, set-up etc. It differs from DOWNTIME in that it is a planned stoppage of the machine.

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Bessant, J., Lamming, R. (1990). M. In: Macmillan Dictionary of Production Management & Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07942-1_13

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