Avtid

Avtid is a term used in Swedish-language technical and operations-management contexts to denote the time during which a system, piece of equipment, or service is inactive or unavailable. The word is formed from av- meaning away or off and tid meaning time, reflecting the concept of downtime or non-operational periods.

In practice, avtid is used to quantify and analyze reliability and efficiency. In manufacturing, it refers to downtime that interrupts production, whether planned (scheduled maintenance, changeovers) or unplanned (breakdowns, faults). In information technology and services, avtid can denote maintenance windows or service outages. Downtime is typically reported as hours per period or as a percentage of total production or service time, and it is used alongside other availability metrics such as uptime, MTBF (mean time between failures), and MTTR (mean time to repair).

Usage and interpretation of avtid can vary by industry and organization, and the term is most common in Swedish-language sources. In English-language contexts, the equivalent concepts are usually described as downtime, maintenance window, or system unavailability. Avtid serves as a practical label for measuring non-operational time to support planning, budgeting, and improvement efforts in operations and service delivery.