The deal for the first 20 shops is closed. You can still start a free 30-day trial.
See which machine is costing you the most. Log your stops for 7 days.
For the small shop. $39 a month, flat, for the whole shop. Nothing else to buy.
When a machine stops, it takes 20 seconds to log. Your people need no app and no login. They never see your dollars. After your first 7 days of logging, you see what downtime cost you in dollars.
One board for the whole floor: Downtime in dollars, Preventive maintenance, Shift handoff, and Coverage.
Get my 90 days free Start my free 30-day trial See the demo boardNo card to start, and I set up your board for you. You add a card at day 75, only if you're staying.
The first 20 shops get 90 days free.
Then $19.50 a month for the rest of your first year. After that, it is $39 a month, and it stays $39 as long as you stay. No card needed until day 75. Your spot is held for 7 days. Log a stop to keep it.
Card needed to start. Your trial is free for at least 30 days.
You don't pay until your shop has logged 5 stops on 2 or more days. Not there by day 90? The trial ends, and you pay nothing.
You get an email a week before the first bill. Then your card pays $39 a month for the whole shop. It keeps going until you cancel.
You can cancel any time in Account. Cancel before the first bill, and you pay nothing.
Tried a maintenance system and went back to the whiteboard? This is for you.
This is not a CMMS. If you need work orders, parts, and purchase orders, use one of the free ones. This is for the shop that tried that and went back to the whiteboard or Excel.
How it works
1. Log the stop.
You list your machines once, or send me the list and I do it. A photo of the whiteboard works. Then you hand the board's link to the people who log. When a machine stops, the person on it opens the link. They pick the machine and tap once.
2. Tap again when it's running.
The board counts how long the machine was down and works out what that cost you.
3. Once a week, you get one email.
What downtime cost you this week, which machine caused it, and what changed from last week.
That email only counts stops from the day you start logging.
What's on the board
The board starts with downtime. Here is what's on it.
Downtime in dollars
Every time a machine stops, the board adds up what it cost you. You see which machine, what caused it, and which shift. The totals come in one email every week.
Preventive maintenance that doesn't get missed
List each job once, like changing a filter every 90 days. The board tracks when it's due. If a job goes overdue, you get an email in the morning.
Repairs that don't get forgotten
When someone logs a stop, they can tag it Needs maintenance. The people you pick get an email right then. The tag stays on the board until someone closes it.
Shift handoff
Each shift leaves notes for the next one. Anything not finished carries over to the next shift until someone marks it done. Nobody walks in blind.
Coverage
See who can run each machine and who's out today. The board flags any machine that only one person in today can run.
On the wall
Put the board on a TV in the shop. Everyone sees what's down right now, in big type. No login.
What makes it easy to start
No app for your people to install.
No typing to log it. They pick the machine and tap once. They need only a phone. No login. They can log a stop and close a maintenance tag. They can check off a maintenance job and leave notes for the next shift. They can add an action item and suggest a fix. They never see your dollars, your rates or your account.
Your history on the board from day one.
Already tracking downtime in a spreadsheet? Load it in about a minute. Or email it and I load it for you. Your old numbers are there on day 1.
The link, on their phones.
You choose who gets the board's link, and on their phones it goes on the home screen and opens like an app. No accounts to make.
Everyone in the shop, one price.
No per-person fees. Add everyone on the floor.
The guarantee
Your first weekly report finds $19.50 or less of downtime? Then your first paid month is free.
Your first weekly report finds $39 or less of downtime? Then your first paid month is free.
For a shop's first time on BreakdownBoard.
The Shop Floor Toolkit comes with the board
All six of my Excel tools: the Downtime & OEE Tracker, the Preventive Maintenance Scheduler, the Shift Handoff Log, the 5S Audit Workbook, the Cross Training Matrix, and the Downtime Cost Calculator.
It sells for $39 by itself. It's yours from the day you sign up, and yours to keep if you cancel.
It sells for $39 by itself. It's yours from the day your trial starts, and yours to keep if you cancel.
About your card
- No card to start. Your first 90 days are free.
- At day 75 I email you to ask for a card. The email shows what downtime has cost you so far.
- Nothing is charged unless you add a card. Then it's $19.50 a month for the rest of your first year, and $39 a month after that.
- No card by day 90? Your board pauses, and your data waits 90 days in case you come back.
- Your card goes through Stripe, one of the largest payment companies. I never see or store your card number.
- Change your mind in your first 60 days of paying? One button in your account sends back every dollar.
- Leave any time and take your data with you. Export all of it with one click. If you cancel, I hold your data for 30 days in case you come back, then delete it. You still keep the Shop Floor Toolkit.
- Your card goes through Stripe, one of the largest payment companies. I never see or store your card number.
- I email you before the trial ends. The email shows what downtime has cost you so far.
- You don't pay until your shop has logged 5 stops on 2 or more days. If that takes longer than 30 days, your trial stays free for up to 90 days. I email you a week before the first bill.
- Change your mind in your first 60 days of paying? One button in your account sends back every dollar.
- Cancel and you still keep the Shop Floor Toolkit.
- Leave any time and take your data with you. Export all of it with one click. I hold your data for 30 days in case you come back, then delete it.
If something breaks
Something not working? Tap Report a problem in the app. Our AI gives a quick answer right away. A person reads each message and writes back by noon the next work day.
Built from the floor of heavy manufacturing, not a software office.
For the first 20 shops
- Your first 90 days free, with no card needed until day 75. You save $117.
- Then $19.50 a month for the rest of your first year.
- Your price stays $39 a month for as long as you stay.
- I set up your whole board for you. That is your machines, your shifts and your reasons.
Your spot is held for 7 days. Log a stop in that time to keep it. No stop in 7 days? The spot goes to the next shop. This deal ends when 20 shops have logged a stop.
Free for 90 days. Then $19.50 a month through month 12, and $39 a month after that. Nothing is charged unless you add a card.
Start my free 30-day trialCard needed to start. Your trial is free for at least 30 days.
You don't pay until your shop has logged 5 stops on 2 or more days. Not there by day 90? The trial ends, and you pay nothing.
You get an email a week before the first bill. Then your card pays $39 a month for the whole shop. It keeps going until you cancel.
You can cancel any time in Account. Cancel before the first bill, and you pay nothing.