The cost of unplanned downtime
The annual number that usually shocks people into doing something about it.
Per week£2,500
£130,000 a year, going up in smoke
Rough by design — but even halved, it's usually the easiest money you'll find.
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What is downtime really costing you?
Unplanned downtime hides in plain sight — an hour here, an hour there. Annualised, it's usually a number that changes the conversation. Put yours in and see.
How to read it
Add up the hours a typical week loses to stoppages — breakdowns, changeovers that overrun, waiting on materials — and put a cost on each hour (lost output, idle labour, or both). The weekly figure is multiplied across a 52-week year.
It's deliberately rough. But even a conservative number, halved, is usually the easiest money a business will find — and the first thing live shop-floor data helps you claw back.
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