Some estimates have shown the average cost of downtime to be at nearly $8000/minute! This phenomenal number is why unplanned downtime in manufacturing is truly a budget-killer like no other. Were such a catastrophe to befall a company, frustration would hardly be a word to describe it. Witnessing production come to a halt and orders go unfulfilled might mean jobs are on the line, customers are becoming restless, and – depending on the severity – the company itself even facing tremendous turmoil in terms of its future. At the end of the day though, the most important thing to do is not to point fingers, complain, or throw up hands in surrender – but to solve the problem and do everything humanly possible to ensure it never happens again.