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Outage Cost Calculator

Lost margin, idle labor, and spoilage per outage hour, plus the annual exposure that justifies a standby system.

Inputs

Inputs and assumptions

Only the margin is truly lost when production stops.

Restart, cleanup, expediting, and overtime premiums.

Result

Annual outage exposure
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Installed cost a three-year payback supports
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Cost of a 24 hour outage
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Cost per outage event
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Cost per outage hour
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What to check

  • Margin per operating hour from the books
  • Spoilage and restart costs from the last real outage

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