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Estimate what time saved could be worth
Use your own figures to explore the potential value of reducing a repeated task.
The result is a scenario based on your assumptions. Time freed is not automatically cash saved: its value depends on whether it reduces a cost, supports more useful work or gives you time back.
For example quotes, invoices, data entry, scheduling or re-typing.
Use a value appropriate to this task. A charge-out rate is only relevant to additional work you can actually bill; it is not the same as a cost saving.
This is an assumption to test. Actual results depend on the task, checking time and how the system is used.
The default is an example, not a DXBE quote.
Estimated annual value of time freed
$0
- Estimated hours freed each year
- 0
- Equivalent 40-hour weeks
- 0
- Illustrative payback before running costs
- 0
- Three-year time value less build cost
- $0
- Illustrative return before running costs
- 0%
Based on 46 working weeks a year and the assumptions above. Excludes ongoing running costs, implementation time and future changes. The payback and return figures treat the value of freed time as a benefit; they are not a forecast of cash savings.
See examples for your businessNote on the result: Based on 46 working weeks a year and the assumptions above. Excludes ongoing running costs, implementation time and future changes. The payback and return figures treat the value of freed time as a benefit; they are not a forecast of cash savings.
The arithmetic
How the sums work
The calculator multiplies the hours your people spend on repetitive work by what those hours cost, then applies the reduction in time spent that you assume. It assumes 46 working weeks a year to allow for leave and public holidays.
Use a value per hour that suits this task. A charge-out rate is only relevant to additional work you can actually bill; it is not the same as a cost saving. The reduction is an assumption to test: actual results depend on the task, checking time and how the system is used. The default build cost is an example, not a DXBE quote.
What the calculator leaves out
Some savings are harder to count. A quote sent the same afternoon can win work that a Sunday-night quote loses. A call you couldn't take may be a job that went to someone else. A mistyped invoice or a wrong part can cost more than the minutes it took to make. Hours freed can be billed, spent on other work or given back to you.
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Worked example
Hypothetical- People involved in the task3
- Hours per person each week5
- Assumed value per hour$60
- Assumed reduction in time spent50%
Estimated annual value of time freed (46 weeks)$20,700
The task is valued at $41,400 a year now. Against an assumed one-off build cost of $8,000 (made up for this example, not a DXBE price), the illustrative payback is under five months, before running costs. This is a scenario, not a forecast of cash savings.
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