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Cost of Unplanned Downtime

Downtime Cost Calculator — Vietnam

Most plants know their downtime in hours. Few know it in đồng. Enter one line's monthly downtime and its cost drivers, and see the annual figure — split into margin that was never earned and overhead that kept running anyway.

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Tell us about the line:

hrs

Breakdowns and unplanned stops on this line, in hours.

units / hr
₫

Selling price minus material and other variable cost.

₫/ hr

Labour plus fixed costs — power, rent, supervision — still running while the line is stopped, per hour.

Well-run plants hold unplanned downtime under 5% of planned time — about 20 hours a month on a two-shift line.

Unplanned downtime is costing you every year

₫4.08B

Per month:₫340MSignificant

Where the money goes:

Lost units per month

15,960 units

Hours lost per year

456 hrs

Margin never earned

₫3.83B

Idle overhead

₫251M

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