Free tool

How much does downtime cost you?

Every hour of downtime isn't just lost production: it's margin you'll never recover, while costs keep running. Enter your numbers and find out how much downtime costs you — per hour, per event and per year.

How it works (in brief)

The cost of downtime has two components: the lost margin (the production you don't make) and the fixed costs that run anyway during the stoppage (idle labor, depreciation, overhead).

Hourly cost = (parts/hour × margin/part) + fixed costs/hour. Multiplied by the duration it gives the cost per event; by the total annual hours it gives the annual cost.

Example

200 pcs/h × €1.5 margin = €300/h of lost margin + €150/h of fixed costs = €450/h. With 2-hour stoppages, 50 times a year (100 h) → €900 per event e €45,000/year.

Your numbers

Indicative estimates: use the values of the line you want to analyze.

pcs/h
€/pc
€/h
hours
/year

The cost of downtime

Cost per hour of downtime
Average cost per event
Total downtime hours / year
Estimated total cost / year
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Stoppages often arise from poorly managed complex plants or from defects discovered too late. We work on reliability, commissioning and in-line quality control to reduce events and their duration.

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