Term · General Industry
Line stop
Halting production on a fab, assembly or customer line because of a quality problem, capacity issue or missing material. The most expensive event in the supply chain and the trigger for immediate escalation.
- Also known as
- Line down, Stop the line
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Fab floor and quality
Notes
Automotive customers treat a line-down caused by a component supplier as a top-severity event with contractual consequences.
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