What a day of downtime is made of
Take a warehouse with six machines, one of which stopped in the morning. The service bill — say 12,000 UAH including the call-out and the part. That is the visible part. The invisible part follows.
| Item | Estimate per day |
|---|---|
| Repair and parts | 12,000 UAH |
| Two pickers standing idle | 3,200 UAH |
| Overtime to clear the shipments | 4,500 UAH |
| Lorry demurrage at the bay | 6,000 UAH |
| Shipments pushed to another day | hard to price |
Even leaving the last line out, the repair is under half the total. That is why scheduled servicing is counted not as a cost but as insurance against this table.
A machine that stands costs more than a machine that works.
What actually reduces downtime
Three things, in order of payback: a daily check by the operator against a short list, scheduled servicing by operating hours, and a replacement machine written into the service contract. The first costs five minutes a shift and catches most problems before they become breakdowns.
