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Manufacturing Downtime Cost Calculator

Put a cost against a production stop. Separate output you will never recover from the extra cash you spend getting the line running again.

Replace the example numbers with your own. Calculations run in your browser; input values are not sent to analytics.

How to use the result

Lost contribution = stopped hours × saleable units per hour × contribution per unit × unrecovered output share. Add incremental recovery costs per incident, then multiply by incidents per month.

  • Contribution per unit means selling price less variable costs avoided when that unit is not made. It is not total sales revenue.
  • If production can catch up without losing sales, reduce the unrecovered share. Enter only the extra overtime, repair, scrap or expediting costs caused by the stop; do not count the same cost twice.
  • This is a scenario estimate. It excludes safety effects, contractual penalties, customer attrition and bottleneck interactions unless you explicitly include an incremental cost. Defaults are an illustration, not an industry benchmark.