OEE & Factory Performance worked example

Predictive Maintenance ROI with pdm system investment of 37,500 $: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop pdm system investment to 37,500 $, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate predictive maintenance payback from program cost and avoided downtime.

The inputs for this scenario

  • PdM system investment: 37,500 $ (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 75,000)
  • Annual downtime savings: 52,000 $ / yr (held at the documented default)
  • Annual PdM support cost: 8,000 $ / yr (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Payback = investment รท net annual savings.
  • Predictive maintenance roi payback period works out to 0.85 yr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Net annual predictive maintenance roi savings works out to 44,000 $ / yr at these inputs.
  • Predictive maintenance roi investment works out to 37,500 $ at these inputs.
  • Five-year net predictive maintenance roi value works out to 182,500 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where pdm system investment sits at 75,000 $ and the headline result is 1.7 yr, this scenario comes in 50% below the baseline at 0.85 yr.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to pdm system investment, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It assumes steady annual savings and ignores the learning curve before fault-detection models become reliable, so first-year returns are often lower than modeled.

Results at a glance

  • Predictive maintenance roi payback period: 0.85 yr (headline result)
  • Net annual predictive maintenance roi savings: 44,000 $ / yr
  • Predictive maintenance roi investment: 37,500 $
  • Five-year net predictive maintenance roi value: 182,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Predictive Maintenance ROI calculator, set pdm system investment to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.