What if all production is recovered later?

Enter recovered hours equal to the stopped hours. Lost contribution becomes zero, but incremental recovery and restart costs still remain.

How do I measure recovered production hours?

Divide the recovered accepted output by the normal accepted output per running hour. Do not use elapsed overtime hours if the recovery rate differs.

Should fixed overhead be added to contribution loss?

Do not add unchanged fixed overhead again. Contribution already measures sales less variable costs; only genuinely incremental recovery expenses belong in the extra cost input.

Can recovered hours exceed the downtime?

No. This estimate only credits output replacing the entered stoppage. Record unrelated extra production separately.

Tooling, Fixtures, Dies & Mold Economics calculator

Tool Downtime Cost Calculator

Estimate the economic impact of a tool stop after accounting for recovered output. Use attributed downtime, contribution per running hour, recovery expenses and restart charges.

What this calculator does

Estimate unrecovered contribution and incremental recovery expenses from a tool-caused production stop.

Formula used

Unrecovered hours = tool-caused downtime − recovered production equivalent
Lost contribution = unrecovered hours × contribution margin per running hour
Total downtime impact = lost contribution + incremental recovery cost + restart and scrap charge
Budget headroom = downtime impact budget − total downtime impact

Inputs explained

Tool-Caused Downtime: Logged stopped hours attributable to this tool.
Recovered Production Equivalent: Equivalent stopped output recovered later without losing the sale.
Contribution Margin per Running Hour: Normal output sales less variable costs per productive hour.
Incremental Recovery Cost: Extra overtime, freight or subcontract costs to recover output.
Restart and Scrap Charge: Incremental restart, purging and scrap charges outside recovery costs.
Downtime Impact Budget: Your approved economic-impact allowance for this stoppage.

How to use the result

Best suited to tool failure cost Review, overtime recovery decision.
The model excludes penalties and longer-term customer effects unless entered as incremental costs. Accounting profit may differ because the timing of fixed costs and sales is outside this estimate.

Current U.S. benchmarks

The producer price index for plastic resins and materials stands at 280.569 (BLS, Aug 2026), up 6.6% from a year earlier. Quotes priced off last quarter's material cost miss this move.
The U.S. has 14,378 furniture and related products establishments employing about 355,594 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).

Common questions

What if all production is recovered later? Enter recovered hours equal to the stopped hours. Lost contribution becomes zero, but incremental recovery and restart costs still remain.
How do I measure recovered production hours? Divide the recovered accepted output by the normal accepted output per running hour. Do not use elapsed overtime hours if the recovery rate differs.
Should fixed overhead be added to contribution loss? Do not add unchanged fixed overhead again. Contribution already measures sales less variable costs; only genuinely incremental recovery expenses belong in the extra cost input.
Can recovered hours exceed the downtime? No. This estimate only credits output replacing the entered stoppage. Record unrelated extra production separately.

Last reviewed 2026-10-06.