Framing a CMMS purchase in terms of downtime cost, labor productivity, and inventory carrying cost gets budget approved faster than any feature list.
Speak in numbers your CFO already tracks
Unplanned downtime, maintenance cost as a percentage of asset value, and inventory carrying cost are numbers finance already watches. Tie your CMMS business case to those metrics rather than software capabilities.
Build the model
Estimate current downtime hours, multiply by the cost of lost production, and compare against typical reductions plants see after implementing structured preventive maintenance — commonly 25-40% less unplanned downtime.