Automation & Labor Impact Calculator
Analyse how automation changes working time, staffing, capacity, cost and return on investment. Released hours and real cash savings are always shown separately.
What do you want to find out?
Labor scenario
Released working time is only a cash saving if paid hours actually go down. Choose the scenario that describes your company and confirm it.
Only avoided overtime hours are treated as cash effective.
Confirmation is required before the result is used for an investment decision.
The labor scenario is not confirmed yet. Until then the labor effect should be treated as an assumption.
Executive summary
Automation releases 58 working hours per month. Of these, 58 hours lead to a direct cash saving of € 2.415 per month. A further 0 hours can be used for additional production, quality assurance or remain unused. Payback under the current assumptions: 25,3 months.
- Released working hours / month
- 57,5 h
- Realised labor cash saving / month
- € 2.415
- Additional sellable capacity
- 0 units / month
- Payback
- 25,3 months
Hours per month = frequency × processing time × operators / 60, calculated separately for the current and the automated state.
Process 1
Never enter 0 unless the step is fully unattended.
Process 2
Never enter 0 unless the step is fully unattended.
Process 3
Never enter 0 unless the step is fully unattended.
Supervision, quality control and maintenance hours are added to the future labor hours, so residual effort is never ignored.
Released working hours are not automatically a labor cost saving. Only actually reduced paid hours, avoided overtime, avoided temporary labor and avoided new hires enter the cash result.
Working time balance
Current labor hours / month: 120,5 h → Future labor hours / month: 63,0 h
Supervision, quality control and maintenance hours: 40,0 h
Monthly automation benefit
€ 4.075
Payback: 25,3 months
Where the released hours go
Released working hours are not automatically a labor cost saving. Only actually reduced paid hours, avoided overtime, avoided temporary labor and avoided new hires enter the cash result.
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Automation & Labor Impact report
Separate PDF report with executive summary, process comparison, labor impact, capacity, investment, cash flow, sensitivity, risks and methodology.
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Background on automation and labour
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