When your machines run better, what happens?
This changes the whole calculation — pick the one that sounds like you.
Step 1
Your factory
Appears on the report you'll download at the end.
Picking an industry sets typical OEE, rates and margins for that sector — adjust anything that doesn't match.
Every connected machine is loss you can finally see.
Between 1 and 1,000 machines.
1 shift = 8h · 2 shifts = 16h · 3 shifts = 24h.
Between 1 and 24 hours.
After weekends and shutdowns — 230 is typical for 5-day working.
Between 1 and 365 days.
Availability × Performance × Quality. If you don't measure it yet, 55% is a fair starting estimate — that visibility gap is exactly what FourJaw closes.
Step 2
Where are you today?
For each thing FourJaw does, how do you do it now? Be honest — the gaps are where the money is.
Digital maturity—
Step 3
What recovered hours are worth
If unsure: annual revenue ÷ (machines × annual hours).
Must be at least £1.
We value recovered hours at margin, not revenue — extra output doesn't carry proportional material cost. If unsure, use 40%.
Between 1 and 100%.
Costs beyond the lost output already counted: idle labour, scrap, emergency call-outs, expediting. Not lost revenue. Typically £50–£150/hr.
Can't be negative.
Step 3
Your cost levers
Spare capacity means recovered hours become a lower cost base, not more sales. Which levers could you pull?
Consolidating shifts is usually the biggest single saving.
Between 1 and 4.
Wages, NI, energy, supervision for one shift across all machines — not materials.
Can't be negative.
Energy, consumables, tooling wear, variable labour. Same output in fewer running hours = these costs saved directly.
Can't be negative.
Collecting figures, updating boards, end-of-shift reports. FourJaw automates most of it — time back for running the business.
Between 0 and 200.
Machines you'd switch off or sell if the data showed they're redundant.
Can't be negative.
Replacement / maintenance cost avoided per retired machine.
Can't be negative.
More than one site? Utilisation data makes the consolidation case.
Between 1 and 50.
Rent, rates, utilities — what one site costs to keep open.
Can't be negative.
Step 4
FourJaw investment
Can't be negative.
One-off. Set to 0 if it's bundled in.
Can't be negative.
Net annual gain — after FourJaw costs
£0
Payback
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until FourJaw pays for itself
Return
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for every £1 invested
A smaller headline — and a bigger story. This is the direct, conservative saving. The real prize is the confidence to consolidate: FourJaw gives you the utilisation data to make structural calls without guessing.
What this could enable
Where FourJaw adds most for you
Scenario comparison
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Annual cost vs annual benefit
How we calculated this
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Manufacturing ROI Assessment
Net annual gain
Payback period
Return on investment
Digital maturity
What this could enable
Biggest opportunities
Scenario comparison
| Scenario | Recovery rate | Effective uplift | Hours recovered/yr | Annual benefit | Net annual gain | Payback | Return |
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Current practice assessment
| Capability | Today |
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Your inputs
Methodology & assumptions
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