Business automation value calculator

01 / NOTE

Use a defensible operating baseline

Enter the monthly workflow volume, current handling time, realistic assisted or automated handling time and the loaded hourly cost of the people doing the work. Use observed samples where possible instead of optimistic estimates.

02 / NOTE

Read capacity value, not guaranteed savings

The result estimates hours and equivalent labour capacity that may become available if the target process performs as entered. It does not prove headcount reduction, cash savings, revenue growth or that every saved minute can be redeployed.

03 / NOTE

Compare value with complexity and risk

A high directional value still requires stable inputs, integration access, exception handling, security controls and an accountable owner. A low-value workflow may remain a poor candidate even when it is technically easy to automate.

04 / NOTE

Validate one end-to-end loop

Use the estimate to set a learning threshold for a bounded pilot. Measure actual cycle time, completion, exceptions, manual intervention and downstream outcome, then keep, change or stop the automation based on evidence.

METHOD

Methodology

The calculator uses monthly volume × minutes released ÷ 60 × loaded hourly cost. Annual capacity value is the monthly estimate multiplied by twelve.

BOUNDARY

Limitations

Results are directional planning estimates, not a quotation, forecast or guarantee. They exclude implementation cost, software fees, transition effort, exception handling, quality risk, taxes and any value that cannot be productively redeployed.