DART PRESENTATION & ROI FIGURES
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One of the top questions we get asked at DART is what the payback time is. How soon do I recoup my investment. Well, let's have a look at the below, because we firmly believe it's not a case of 'can I afford DART' - it's more one of 'Can I afford NOT to'?
A catastrophic plant room break down can cost tens of thousands of pounds (per hour!). With production halted, goods can spoil, machinery is at a standstill and customer orders aren’t being met. Penalty clauses and reputational damage can result, but most of all, your plant isn’t doing what it was made to do: produce.
DART can prevent all of the above – with a potential payback time of 2 weeks (yes really). Prove it you say? We hear you!
A single drive failure can cost over £100,000 in downtime. Our telemetry system detects problems early and typically reduces downtime 30–70%.
With a system cost of £4,250 (DART + install cost), most sites recover the investment after preventing just ONE incident.
Let's break it down:
Device price £3,250
Installation £1,000
Total upfront £4,250
Annual subscription £0 first 2 years
After 2 years £799 / year
Failure scenario (estimate)
You said: 3 drive failures per year
1 day downtime each failure
So: 3 failures × 24 hours = 72 hours downtime per year
Downtime cost (typical industry estimates)
Because we don’t know the exact plant, we’ll use conservative industrial averages. Typical downtime costs: Industry cost per hour for:
Manufacturing £5,000
Process industry £10,000
Heavy industry £20,000+
To stay realistic we’ll assume: £5,000 per hour downtime
Current annual loss (without DART)
72 hours × £5,000
= £360,000 per year downtime risk
With DART installed
You estimated 30–70% downtime reduction.
We’ll calculate both!
Conservative scenario (30%)
Downtime saved:£360,000 × 30% = £108,000 saved per year
Best case (70%) £360,000 × 70% = £252,000 saved per year
ROI comparison
Annual loss without DART £360,000
Annual savings (low estimate) £108,000
Annual savings (high estimate) £252,000
System cost £4,250
Payback period, even with the most conservative case: £4,250 / £108,000
Payback time:14 days, yes — two weeks.
Now back to the original question …
