Estimate the value of improving one workflow.
Use your own assumptions to compare the value of recoverable staff capacity with implementation and operating costs. The result is a planning estimate, not a promise of cash savings.
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Count only the cases expected to use this workflow, not your organization’s total workload.
Use the full staff handling time, including typical corrections.
Include human review and expected corrections. A slower future process is allowed.
Use your planning estimate for salary and employment costs.
Use a conservative estimate. Time released does not automatically become cash savings.
Include incremental software, usage, and maintenance for this workflow.
Include the full implementation investment for the scenario you are evaluating.
Parachute Labs · Workflow value calculator
Your workflow estimate
The proposed workflow takes more staff time per case. The estimate retains that negative effect.
These figures value staff capacity, not cash in the bank. Real cash savings require an actual change in expenditure. Results depend on your assumptions and do not include revenue effects, financing, taxes, or a guarantee of realized benefits.
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How this estimate is calculated
Staff hours released = monthly cases × (minutes before − minutes after) ÷ 60.
Usable capacity value = hours released × loaded hourly cost × usable share ÷ 100.
Value after monthly costs = usable capacity value − monthly operating cost.
First-year value = 12 × value after monthly costs − implementation cost.
Capacity-value payback = implementation cost ÷ positive value after monthly costs. When the monthly value is not positive, payback is not reached. When implementation cost is zero and monthly value is positive, no implementation cost was entered.
See a worked example
500 cases/month, 20 minutes before, 10 minutes after, $50/hour, 50% usable capacity, $250 monthly operating cost, and $20,000 implementation cost.
- Staff hours released per month
- 83.3 hours/month
- Usable capacity value per month
- $2,083.33
- Net capacity value per month
- $1,833.33 / month
- First-year value after operating and implementation costs
- $2,000.00
- Capacity-value payback period
- 10.9 months
These figures value staff capacity, not cash in the bank. Real cash savings require an actual change in expenditure. Results depend on your assumptions and do not include revenue effects, financing, taxes, or a guarantee of realized benefits.