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The Cost of Downtime in Manufacturing

The Cost of Downtime in Manufacturing

Update: 2025-11-26
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Peggy unpacks the numbers that show the cost of downtime in the manufacturing industry, saying organizations need to treat reliability as a core business strategy. She says we need to start taking a proactive approach to downtime prevention and leverage AI (artificial intelligence) and the IoT (Internet of Things).
She also discusses:

  • How many U.S. manufacturers were hit by unplanned downtime in the past year.
  • How much money of lost capital there is every week.
  • How many say their companies take a reactive approach to maintenance.

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The Cost of Downtime in Manufacturing

The Cost of Downtime in Manufacturing

Peggy Smedley