A cautious reduction
20% less time$8,667
illustrative annual cost avoided
- Cost left in the work
- $34,667
- Team hours released each month
- 14.4 hours
AI Agenda Lab · Cost of Inaction Calculator
What is that manual work costing you each year?
Drag the sliders to describe one repeatable task. See how many hours and how much staff time it takes, then decide whether it is worth exploring a change.
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Based on the numbers currently in the calculator.
Estimated annual cost of this work
$43,333
Based on the numbers entered in AUD. Move a slider and watch the estimate change. This is an illustrative work-cost estimate, not a promise about savings or jobs.
Monthly team time
72.2 hours
16.7 hours each week.
Annual team time
866.7 hours
Before any process or automation change.
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How much team time is tied up?
One full-time role is about 2,000 work hours a year
Workload tied up now
0.4 full-time role equivalent
866.7 hours each year before a change.
Workload left after 40% less time
0.3 full-time role equivalent
If the base scenario proved true, about 0.2 full-time role's worth of capacity could be released.
Plausible views
What if the work took less time?
Use these three views to discuss what is plausible. They are not guaranteed savings.
A useful starting point
40% less time$17,333
illustrative annual cost avoided
- Cost left in the work
- $26,000
- Team hours released each month
- 28.9 hours
A bigger opportunity
60% less time$26,000
illustrative annual cost avoided
- Cost left in the work
- $17,333
- Team hours released each month
- 43.3 hours
What this assumes
- The estimate uses 52 working weeks per year and the inputs supplied on this page.
- The result is an illustrative operational estimate, not financial advice or a guaranteed outcome.
- Scenario savings describe time-cost reduction only. They do not assume revenue growth or headcount reduction.
- The 40% base scenario is used when no expected time reduction is supplied; conservative and upside scenarios are set 20 percentage points either side within a sensible range.
- Payback is withheld until one-off investment, annual automation cost and expected time reduction are all supplied and reviewed.
Next question
Are you ready to act on this?
The cost of the work is visible. The next question is ownership, stability and measurement - not guessing the cost of a fix.
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