PLink ROI Calculator

What does downtime cost your operation?

Select the site and calculation type, then enter only the costs that apply. Optional costs begin at $0 and are excluded unless you add them.

Choose the calculation

Manufacturing and logistics sites use different downtime-cost structures.

Site type Formula type

Manufacturing Standard Formula (M + L + E) × H + O + R Explanation

Recommended for most manufacturing events. It includes contribution margin, idle labor, idle equipment, overtime/recovery labor, and repair or restart costs.

Event and operating costs

Idle labor is always included. Idle equipment is included in every formula but can remain $0.

Hours of downtime per event (H) hours Average hourly labor rate $ Employees affected Labor cost (L) is rate × employees. Idle equipment cost per hour (E) $ Depreciation, lease, or capital opportunity cost. Lost contribution margin per hour (M) $ Units per hour × contribution margin per unit.

Additional formula inputs

Only inputs used by the selected formula are shown.

Overtime / recovery labor (O) $ Repair + restart / scrap (R) $

PLink return assumptions

Use conservative assumptions for a more credible estimate.

Downtime events per month Estimated cost reduction per event % PLink software cost $

Selected formula result

Estimated downtime cost per event$0Manufacturing Standard

Idle labor cost / hour (L)$0

Equivalent event cost / hour$0

Estimated savings / event$0

Estimated annual savings$0

Payback events—

Estimated calendar payback—

First-year net savings$0

Three-year net savings$0

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Illustrative estimate only. Savings assume the entered percentage of the selected per-event downtime cost is avoided. Actual results depend on equipment, downtime causes, adoption, implementation, and operating conditions. Calculator information stays in your browser unless you choose to send it through your email application.

How the formulas work

Manufacturing uses lost contribution margin, idle labor, idle equipment, and the recovery costs included by the selected mode.

Logistics / conveyor uses lost throughput value and can apply a bottleneck multiplier when one stop affects downstream processes, docks, or people.