Business CaseROI Calculator

What does Forge save
your operation?

Adjust the inputs to match your floor. The estimates are based on measured outcomes from the Forge use cases — automatic fault-to-WO, repeat failure escalation at occurrence four, 100% engineering change propagation.

Your operation

20

CNC mills, lathes, presses, or any monitored asset.

1200
$/hr5K

Lost production, labour, and overhead when a machine is down.

50050,000
3

Unplanned stoppages or alarms requiring a work order.

120
3h

Fault-to-production time without Forge: supervisor call, WO creation, schematic search, parts check.

0.58
30%

Percentage of corrective repairs where the same fault recurs within 45 days.

560
50

Design revisions released that affect parts running on machines.

5500
35%

Percentage of changes where at least one affected machine runs the old program.

080
$8K

Average cost when a machine runs an outdated NC program: scrap, NCR, rework.

1,00050,000
$85/hr

Fully-loaded hourly cost of a maintenance technician.

40200

Estimated annual impact

$10.9M

Across 720 faults/year on 20 machines

Breakdown

Downtime reduction$8.0M
Repeat failure avoidance$2.7M
Engineering change errors$140K
Maintenance admin time$46K

Operational changes

Fault-to-WO time
3h8 sec
Repeat failures/yr avoided
21636
Change errors/yr avoided
180

Estimates based on industry benchmarks and internal system testing. Actual results will vary by facility size and configuration. Actual results vary by facility, machine type, and existing workflow maturity. Downtime savings assume Forge's 47-minute median resolution vs your input.

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