How do I build an ROI case for predictive maintenance to get the budget approved?
Build the case on two numbers a finance team already understands: downtime avoided and emergency repairs avoided. In DHMSCare customer cases, unplanned downtime fell by 50% to 65%, and customers cut spare-parts inventory cost by 40% and maintenance cost by 25% to 40%. DHMSCare alerts are accurate in 90%+ of cases, so the savings in your case rest on alerts your team can trust.
Put a number on what a stop costs today
Start with your own records: how many unplanned stops you had last year, how long each one lasted and what an hour of lost output costs. Add the emergency repair bills, overtime and rush orders for parts.
Finance teams trust figures from your own plant more than figures from a brochure. Use vendor case results only to estimate the share of those costs you can avoid.
If you do not track stop costs today, start recording them now on the critical machines. A few real numbers beat a long list of estimates.
What DHMSCare customers report
In DHMSCare customer cases, unplanned downtime fell by 50% to 65%. Customers also cut spare-parts inventory cost by 40% and maintenance cost by 25% to 40%.
These results come from alerts that arrive while a fault is still developing. DHMSCare alerts are accurate in 90%+ of cases, so the plan does not rest on alarms your team will learn to ignore.
Show the cost side plainly
DHMSCare bills per sensor per year plus hardware, with no implementation fee and no local server to buy. Prices are quoted per project, so the case uses your actual quote.
Start the case with one production line of ten sensors. A pilot keeps the first investment small, and your own results then carry the case for the next lines.
Questions buyers also ask
What does the system cost after the first year?
From the second year, the cost drops to software only, typically 30–40% of the first-year investment.
Should the case include safety and quality?
Yes, where you can. A pump failure on hazardous media or scrap after a breakdown has a cost too, even when it is harder to put a number on.
Can we start small to prove the numbers?
Yes. Start on one production line with ten sensors and one gateway, then use the results to justify the next lines.