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ERP Go · Business case calculator

What is working around your POS costing you?

Re-entering orders. Checking stock in spreadsheets. Fixing the same errors. Put a value on the extra work and explore what reducing it could mean for your business.

Where does the time go?

Enter hours per week across the whole team, not per person. Count extra manual work only, and count each hour once. Leave anything that does not apply blank.

Re-entering orders Copying order details between your POS, spreadsheets and other systems. Checking stock availability Calling, emailing or checking separate records to confirm what is available. Working out what to reorder Combining spreadsheets and manually checking stock before placing purchase orders. Reconciling stock records Matching records across locations and systems. Exclude routine physical counting. Fixing order and data errors Correcting duplicate entries, incorrect quantities and mismatched information. Pulling reports together Exporting and combining sales, stock and purchasing data. Exclude analysis time.

Put a value on that time

Average staff cost per hour Include wages, super and other employment costs. Working weeks per year Use the weeks this work takes place across the business.

What if this work took less time? 25%

0% less time100% less time

Adjust the percentage to explore a scenario. The starting 25% is illustrative, not a forecast or a measured ERP Go result.

Time released can support growth or other work. It only becomes a cash saving if spending falls, for example through reduced overtime or avoided recruitment.

Would the investment stack up?

Optional. Add quoted or budgeted costs to estimate return and payback. All amounts are in AUD, excluding GST.

I have investment figures to compare

How the calculations work

Annual manual-work cost = weekly team hours × working weeks × hourly staff cost. Annual time released = annual hours × your selected reduction. Capacity value = time released × hourly staff cost.

With investment figures entered, annual modelled benefit is capacity value plus existing costs removed. Three-year cost is the one-off investment plus 36 months of ongoing costs. Three-year net benefit is three years of modelled benefit minus three-year cost. ROI is net benefit divided by that cost.

Payback is the one-off investment divided by the monthly benefit remaining after ongoing costs. The first-year break-even target shows the weekly hours that must be released to cover one-off and ongoing costs, after existing costs removed.

The model assumes the selected improvement and cost removals apply from go-live, remain constant for three years and are realised in full. It excludes rollout delays, ramp-up, inflation, tax, financing and discounting. Time benefits are economic capacity value, not guaranteed cash savings. No lost-sales, stock reduction or revenue-growth benefits are assumed.

Your business case

The value behind the extra work

Add your weekly hours and staff cost to see your estimate.

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Annual staff cost tied up in this manual work

— Hours released per week

— Annual capacity value

Where that value comes from

This is the value of time released under your scenario, before ERP costs. It is not automatically a reduction in payroll.

Have a quote or budget? Add investment figures to see estimated ROI, payback and the time saving needed to break even.

Where does the time go?

Put a value on that time

Would the investment stack up?

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