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AI Automation ROI Calculator
Turn a repetitive workflow into a transparent business case using your own labor, automation, implementation, and operating-cost assumptions.
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Your assumptions
Use fully loaded labor cost and conservative automation assumptions.
Build a conservative business case
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How the methodology works
- 1Calculate the annual human effort currently consumed by the workflow.
- 2Apply a realistic automation rate and preserve time for exceptions that still need human review.
- 3Compare the recovered capacity value with your own implementation and operating-cost assumptions.
- 4Use first-year net value, ROI, and payback as decision inputs—not as guaranteed savings.
Worked example
A reporting task completed 25 times per week, taking two people 30 minutes each, consumes 1,300 hours annually. If 70% can be automated and 15% of that work still needs review, the recoverable effort is 773.5 hours. At a $65 loaded hourly cost, that capacity is worth about $50,278 per year before implementation and operating costs.
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