Industry: Manufacturing
Cost of Downtime for Manufacturing - 2026 Benchmarks
Updated April 2026
Automotive line-stop
$2.3M/hr
Toyota Feb 2022 (1 day)
$375M
Productivity loss during line-down
100%
Why Manufacturing Has 100% Productivity Loss
Manufacturing is the only industry where downtime means a complete halt of all value-adding activity. When a production line stops, there is literally nothing for production staff to do - the product cannot be assembled without the system. Unlike knowledge workers who can handle emails during an IT outage, assembly line workers cannot perform their job role.
Supply chain knock-on costs compound the direct loss. If a tier-1 automotive supplier's system goes down and they cannot receive orders or schedule shipments, the OEM's production line halts - even though the OEM's own systems are fine. This is why the 2022 Toyota production halt from a Kojima Industries cyber attack cost Toyota $375M for a single day: Toyota's 14 domestic plants halted because a single supplier's system failed.
Lost production time cannot be recovered. Unlike a SaaS outage where subscription revenue may be partially recovered, a halted production line means permanently lost output capacity. The hours are gone. Just-in-time supply chains leave no slack to absorb the loss.
Manufacturing Downtime Calculator
Pre-set with manufacturing defaults: 100% revenue at-risk, 100% productivity loss, supply chain knock-on included.
Your Business
Line-down = 100% revenue halt; supply chain knock-on costs compound rapidly
This outage would cost you
Cost Breakdown
Includes 10% regulatory/compliance multiplier for Manufacturing
Annual SLA Exposure
Expected downtime/year
8.8 hrs
(526 min) at 99.9% SLA
Annual downtime exposure
$1.14M
per year at this rate
Industry Benchmark Comparison
Manufacturing average (ITIC 2024)
$500.0K/hr
Your calculated rate
$130.1K/hr
Your cost is below the Manufacturing benchmark - typical for lower revenue density.
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Manufacturing Outage Case Studies
Toyota / Kojima Industries Feb 2022
~$375M (1 day)Supplier Kojima Industries suffered a cyberattack. Toyota halted all 14 domestic production plants for a full day. Approximately 13,000 vehicles were not produced. Demonstrates how supply chain cyber attacks cascade into OEM production halts.
JBS Foods May 2021
$11M ransom + $100M+ production lossREvil ransomware attack shut down JBS processing plants in the US, Canada, and Australia. JBS paid $11M in ransom. Production disruption across the global meat supply chain caused losses estimated at $100M+. Highlighted food supply chain cyber vulnerability.
Norsk Hydro Ransomware 2019
$71M reportedLockerGoga ransomware forced aluminum giant Norsk Hydro to switch to manual operations across global smelting and rolling operations. $71M in losses disclosed in earnings. Manual operations took months to fully reverse.