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Ask what an hour of unplanned downtime costs and you will usually get one number: the product that did not get made. That number is real — and it is the easy part.
The costs that hide behind the obvious one
- Recovery, not just the stop. Restarting a line, re-qualifying a batch, and clearing the backlog often take longer than the outage itself.
- The scramble. Expedited parts, overtime, and pulling technicians off planned work all carry a premium.
- The knock-on. A missed shipment can cost a customer's confidence long after the line is running again.
Why the number is worth getting right
You cannot justify prevention against a cost you have not measured. Building the real figure — for your plant, from your data — is what turns "we should fix this" into a business case a board will approve.
Measure before you model
The honest version of this article ends with your own numbers, not ours. That is the point: defensible ROI comes from your operation, not from an industry average.
This is placeholder copy. No figures here should be read as product claims.