Cautious
30% automatable · 25% realized value
- Reclaimable hours per year
- 1,056 h
- First-year balance
- -€4,350
- First-year ROI
- -45.3%
- Estimated payback
- 43.6 months
Impact simulator · Artificial intelligence
Adjust your team’s assumptions and explore how much time you could reclaim, the cost of implementation and how the return would change.
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Your business. Your scenario.
Scenario results
Reclaimable hours per year: 1,760. First-year balance: €7,900.
Reclaimable hours per year1,760 h
Capacity your team could use for other work.
First-year balance€7,900
Realized benefit minus setup and operating costs during the first year.
- Annual value of that time
- €35,000
- Estimated annual economic benefit
- €17,500
- Annual operating cost
- −€3,600
- Total initial setup cost (€)
- −€6,000
First-year ROI82.3%
Estimated payback5.2 months
The value of time represents working capacity. Economic benefit depends on the realization percentage you choose.
Beyond a single number
How your scenario develops
Projection assumes steady activity from the start. No adoption ramp, inflation or financial discounting.
Progress over 12 months
Cumulative economic benefit versus cumulative setup and operating costs. Month 0 includes the initial investment.
- Cumulative benefit
- Cumulative costs
Month
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| Month | Cumulative benefit | Cumulative costs |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | €0 | €6,000 |
| 1 | €1,458 | €6,300 |
| 2 | €2,917 | €6,600 |
| 3 | €4,375 | €6,900 |
| 4 | €5,833 | €7,200 |
| 5 | €7,292 | €7,500 |
| 6 | €8,750 | €7,800 |
| 7 | €10,208 | €8,100 |
| 8 | €11,667 | €8,400 |
| 9 | €13,125 | €8,700 |
| 10 | €14,583 | €9,000 |
| 11 | €16,042 | €9,300 |
| 12 | €17,500 | €9,600 |
Estimated payback: 5.2 months from the start.
Five-year projection
The balance accumulates recurring net benefit; setup costs are deducted only once.
- Cumulative balance
Year
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| Year | Cumulative balance |
|---|---|
| 0 | -€6,000 |
| 1 | €7,900 |
| 2 | €21,800 |
| 3 | €35,700 |
| 4 | €49,600 |
| 5 | €63,500 |
Five-year cumulative balance: €63,500
Three ways to explore the potential
Same team and costs. Only automation and economic realization change.
Medium
Selected50% automatable · 50% realized value
- Reclaimable hours per year
- 1,760 h
- First-year balance
- €7,900
- First-year ROI
- 82.3%
- Estimated payback
- 5.2 months
High
70% automatable · 75% realized value
- Reclaimable hours per year
- 2,464 h
- First-year balance
- €27,150
- First-year ROI
- 282.8%
- Estimated payback
- 2.2 months
From reclaimed time to net balance
- 01Reclaimable hours per year1,760 h
- 02Annual value of that time€35,000
- 03Estimated annual economic benefit€17,500
- 04First-year costs€9,600
- 05First-year balance€7,900
Simulation inputs
- People involved
- 10
- Annual labor cost per person (€)
- 35,000
- Repetitive hours per person per week
- 8
- Automatable share (%)
- 50
- Working weeks per year
- 44
- Weekly working hours
- 40
- Total initial setup cost (€)
- 6,000
- Total monthly operating cost (€)
- 300
- Economic realization (%)
- 50
Calculation method
Hours = people × repetitive hours per week × weeks × automatable percentage. Time value = hours × annual labor cost ÷ (weeks × weekly working hours). Benefit = time value × realization percentage. First-year balance = benefit − operating cost − setup. ROI (%) = balance ÷ (operating cost + setup) × 100. Payback = setup ÷ positive net monthly benefit. Five years = 5 × recurring annual balance − setup, with constant assumptions and no financial discounting.
Economic realization is the share of reclaimed time’s value that could become an economic benefit. It does not mean reducing headcount.
This is neither a quote nor a promise of results. Include licenses, integration, maintenance, training and internal work in your costs. Innovatec can help you validate the scenario.
Reference on financial analysis and payback (BDC)Check the scenario against your operations
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