What would better reporting be worth to your team?
Put a value on reporting effort, then compare it with the full cost of change. Use your own assumptions and keep released capacity separate from cash savings.
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The example uses invented inputs. It is not a quote, a customer result or a forecast. No DataNova plan or implementation is preselected.Capacity and cash, shown separately.
Enter your monthly effort, cost and implementation assumptions to see the calculation.
How the calculation works
- Hours released = current hours minus future hours.
- Capacity value = hours released × hourly cost.
- Cash savings = capacity value × your cash realisation share.
- First-year cost = 12 monthly costs + one-off cost.
- Cash ROI = (12 monthly cash savings minus first-year cost) ÷ first-year cost.
- Payback = one-off cost ÷ positive monthly cash savings after recurring costs.
This is an illustrative, undiscounted calculation. It excludes tax effects, financing, inflation and unentered benefits or costs. It assumes a full 12 months at the entered run rate. Model rollout delays separately. Validate the business case with your finance team.
Agree what the investment includes.
Self-service plans, a scoped reporting implementation and Managed BI solve different needs. The Managed BI service includes the platform subscription. Your quote should identify setup, hosting/capacity, ongoing support and source licences, including anything already included.