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Your numbers

$

Fully-loaded, of whoever does the work today

hrs
$
$
What does the automation do?
10%

Benefits scale as the business grows — set 0 to keep them flat

3 years
Scenario
Preliminary ROI memo
expected case
Break-even
6 months
costs fully recovered
Net value · 3y
$70,937
benefits minus all costs
Return on investment
373%
over 3 years
Avg monthly benefit
$2,498
before costs
$0$45k$89.9kbreak-even · M611836

Cumulative benefits vs. costs, $10,000 invested at month zero. Full method in the report below.

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The complete report

The full analysis

NPV (10% discount)
$59,586
today's-dollars value
First-year benefit
$27,171
before costs
Hours back per year
520
≈ 65 workdays, at today's volume
Break-even
6 months
cumulative basis
Monthly benefit · Cost savings only
$0$1.4k$2.9k
Quarterly ledger
QuarterCost savingsRevenue capacityTotal benefitNet position
Q1$6,552—$6,552-$4,198
Q2$6,710—$6,710$1,762
Q3$6,872—$6,872$7,884
Q4$7,037—$7,037$14,171
Q5$7,207—$7,207$20,628
Q6$7,381—$7,381$27,259
Q7$7,559—$7,559$34,068
Q8$7,741—$7,741$41,059
Q9$7,928—$7,928$48,237
Q10$8,119—$8,119$55,606
Q11$8,315—$8,315$63,171
Q12$8,515—$8,515$70,937
Method & assumptions
  1. A month is 52 ÷ 12 ≈ 4.33 working weeks.
  2. Labor savings = $50/hr × 10 hrs/week — the fully-loaded cost of work the automation removes.
  3. The expected scenario scales benefits by ×1. Costs are never scaled.
  4. Business growth of 10%/yr compounds monthly and scales benefits. Set it to 0 to remove this effect.
  5. The one-time investment of $10,000 lands at month zero; maintenance of $250/mo is charged every month.
  6. NPV discounts each month's cash flow at a 10% annual rate.
Benefit composition
Total cost savings
$89,937
Total revenue capacity
$0
Total cost (3y)
−$19,000
Net value
$70,937
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