Repetition cost calculator

What does this repeated task cost?

Enter one real task. See its annual time and cost, then test a possible improvement.

Your figures stay in your browser. This is an estimate, not a promise.

Assumptions

Your figures

Examples:

Current task

Times each week

Minutes each time

People involved

Working weeks

Staff cost an hour

Other costs a month

Staff cost can include salary, employer costs and overhead. Other costs are optional.

Test a change

Share of the current cost you expect to recover 40%

Keep this cautious. Some checking and exceptions will remain.

One-off cost

Monthly cost

Annual estimate

Indicative

Estimated current cost £9,660

Staff time345 hours Working days46 days

Tested change

If 40% is recovered £3,864 potential annual value 138 hours returned

The estimate covers the entered first-year cost.

Recovered time is not automatic cash.

It has value when the team uses it or a real cost disappears.

Worth checking? A review tests the estimate against the real work.

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How we work this out

Annual time: frequency × minutes × people × working weeks.

Annual cost: staff time plus any other monthly costs.

ROI: potential value minus first-year cost, divided by first-year cost.