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 — fault-to-WO in 8 seconds, 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Average cost when a machine runs an outdated NC program: scrap, NCR, rework.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 observed outcomes from Forge deployments. 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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