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Why this is late
On each manufacturing order: the days of delay split by cause — material, machine, quality — and how much is explained.
Recurring Delay Cause
The same delay keeps coming back and nobody knows why.
Every late order gets a different excuse. Otiox explains each delay — how many days came from waiting for material, from a machine that was down, from quality — and lets you investigate across all late orders with competing hypotheses and the evidence for and against each, until the real cause is supported.
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Why is production late?
All late manufacturing orders, last six months
SuspectLate casesAll cases
Inspection benchEvery late caseSame share
Component supplierA fifthA fifth
Pick-and-placeA fifthA fifth
Hypotheses with evidence for and against
Investigate
Test each explanation against all orders.
One supported cause fixes many delays.
01The Challenge
Every delay has an excuse. None has a cause.
Late orders are discussed one by one: the supplier this time, the machine last time. Nobody steps back to ask what the late orders have in common — so the same cause keeps costing days.
- 01Each delay explained separately
- 02Blame instead of evidence
- 03Hypotheses never tested
- 04The real bottleneck stays hidden
02SEE IT IN OTIOX
The same situation, in the product.
Real screens from the Otiox demo workspace, step by step.
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Why this order is late
The Process tab splits the delay into causes with days and how much is explained.
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Investigate across orders
Hypotheses ranked by how often they appear in late cases versus all cases.
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How It Works
Purpose-built features that solve these exact problems.
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Investigations
A question, the late cases behind it, competing hypotheses and the evidence for and against each.
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Over-representation
Each suspect shows how often it appears among late cases versus all cases.
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Conclusion on record
Mark a hypothesis supported or refuted; the investigation keeps the evidence.
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What You'll Gain
Tangible improvements that impact your bottom line.
- 01Fix the cause, not the case
One supported cause removes many future delays.
- 02Evidence over opinion
Numbers for and against every explanation.
- 03Shared understanding
Purchasing and production look at the same facts.
- 04Measurable
Days of delay attributed to each cause.
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Real-World Scenarios
See how this works in practice.
Scenario 1
Material and machine
A build is fifteen days late: nineteen days waiting for material, nearly nineteen with the machine down.
Scenario 2
One machine everywhere
An inspection bench appears in every late case.
Scenario 3
A supplier pattern
One supplier sits behind a fifth of all late builds.
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The Transformation
From chaos to clarity.
Before
- Excuses per order
- Opinions in meetings
- Causes never confirmed
- Same delay next month
After
- Days of delay per cause
- Hypotheses with evidence
- Cause marked supported
- Fixed once, for all orders
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions.
01How is a delay explained?
From recorded facts: when material arrived versus when it was needed, machine downtime, quality holds — in days, with the share of the delay they explain.
02Why can causes add up to more than the delay?
Causes overlap in time; the page says so.
03What is an investigation?
A question such as 'why is production late?', the late cases behind it, and hypotheses tested against all cases.
04Does it decide for me?
No. Each link is a hypothesis until the evidence supports or refutes it.
Recurring Delay Cause
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