Lubricant consumption drops by up to 33% because dosing is exact instead of estimated. The manual lubrication round of 15 to 20 minutes per machine per cycle also disappears, including the lock-out procedure around it. The biggest gain is usually not in the grease itself but in avoided downtime: 40 to 60% of maintenance costs stem from inadequate lubrication, while lubricants themselves make up only 2 to 3% of operating costs.