Equipment downtime cost calculator
Estimate the true cost of unplanned equipment downtime — lost output plus idle labour — per hour, per incident, per month and per year.
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Unplanned downtime is expensive in ways that are easy to underestimate: lost revenue or production while equipment is stopped, plus the cost of staff standing idle. This free downtime cost calculator combines both. Enter the lost revenue or production value per hour, the idle staff cost per hour and how many people are affected, then the average length and frequency of incidents, and it returns the cost per hour, per incident, per month and per year, plus total downtime hours per year.
Seeing downtime as an annual number makes the case for preventive maintenance obvious. Well-maintained, well-tracked assets fail less and get fixed faster. Asetavo’s maintenance (CMMS) module schedules preventive maintenance, tracks work orders and keeps a full service history per asset — so you can turn this cost into savings.
How to estimate downtime cost
Lost value per hour
Enter the revenue or production value lost per hour of downtime.
Idle labour
Enter idle staff cost per hour and how many staff are affected.
Frequency
Enter average hours per incident and incidents per month.
Read the totals
See the cost per hour, incident, month and year.
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