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How Much Does Production Downtime Cost You?
Calculate the real cost of production downtime — per event, per year, and potential savings.
Downtime data
Result: production downtime cost
Potential savings from reducing downtime
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Request a preventive maintenance consultationHow the calculation works
The calculator multiplies the length of a stoppage by an hourly cost made up of lost output, idle staff wages and other downtime-related costs. You get the cost per stoppage, per year, per hour and per minute, plus how much you would save by cutting downtime by 10, 25 or 50%. The result is an indicative estimate, not accounting.
Example: if one stoppage costs EUR 980 and you have six a year, the annual cost is EUR 5,880. Cutting downtime by 25% would save EUR 1,470 a year.
Frequently asked questions
What does downtime cost include?
Lost contribution margin, the wages of idle staff and, where relevant, penalties and restart costs. The more accurate your inputs, the more accurate the result.
How accurate is the result?
It is an order-of-magnitude estimate that depends on your inputs. It is suitable for preparing and justifying decisions, but does not replace financial analysis.
How can I reduce downtime cost?
Preventive maintenance, a stock of critical spare parts and fast root-cause analysis usually help. That is exactly what our maintenance service is for.
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