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Does the workflow justify automating?
Model adoption-adjusted time value, running cost, and payback.
Example scenario
Editable demonstration inputs, not verified industry benchmarks. Enable JavaScript to calculate your own scenario.
- Monthly hours in workflow
- 400 hours
- Loaded hourly labor cost
- $40
- Hours removed by automation
- 50 %
- Realized adoption / utilization
- 75 %
- Monthly running & review cost
- $2,000
- One-time implementation cost
- $20,000
Monthly net modeled benefit
Example result only, not a forecast or promise.
- Simple payback
- 5 months
- First-year net benefit
- $28,000
- First-year ROI
- 140%
What to do with this result
Validate task volumes and adoption in a pilot, then include implementation, maintenance, and exception-handling costs in the investment case.
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Planning model, not personalized financial advice. Your inputs remain in your browser.
Calculation method
Monthly time value = hours × loaded cost × automation % × adoption %. Net benefit subtracts monthly running cost.
Assumptions and limitations
- Time value is a capacity estimate, not guaranteed cash savings.
- Running cost should include licenses, quality review, exceptions, and maintenance.
- Simple payback excludes discounting, financing, tax, and ramp-up.