Know what your
AI investment returns
See the time your team gets back, the full cost of delivery, and the financial result you can support. Give leadership a clearer basis for the next investment.
A return you can explain
Connect the business case to accepted work, a consistent baseline, and all the costs of getting the result.
Time back
Count the effort removed after review, corrections, and exceptions. Released capacity gives people room for other work.What to measure
Compare the whole task
Record handling, review, corrections and fallback effort for the same kind of accepted work. Report the net hours released separately from any change in spending.
Costs in view
Include setup, software, usage, support, and the time your team spends checking the output.What to include
Use the same reporting period
Bring implementation, licences, model use, integration, training and support into one cost view. Include retries and human review so a cheap AI call does not conceal expensive work.
Cash accounted for
Report verified spending reductions separately from released capacity. Count revenue effects only when evidence supports the connection.What counts as evidence
Connect the claim to a record
Use a spending reduction or attributable additional margin that the business owner can support. State the period, source and assumptions, then subtract the full investment.
Explore one workflow’s potential
Adjust the assumptions to see what changes. This is a planning estimate in CAD, with team capacity and cash return shown separately.
Estimates in CAD
Start with adjustable assumptions. These examples are not a quote or a forecast.
Time available for other work
Team time released after AI preparation and human review.
Capacity is time available for other work. It is not money saved or revenue earned.
12-month cash case
- Verified cash savings
- $0
- Setup + recurring costs
- $9,000
- Net cash outcome
- -$9,000
- Cash ROI
- -100%
Cash ROI uses verified savings and the full selected-period cost. It excludes capacity value.
Actual results depend on workflow fit, quality, adoption, and costs. Replace every assumption with measured figures before making a decision.
See the calculation
Released hours / month = max(0, current minutes − AI minutes − review & rework minutes) ÷ 60 × eligible monthly tasks × adoption % ÷ 100.
Capacity value / month = released hours × loaded hourly cost. This is a value for available team time, separate from the cash case.
Full cost = one-time setup + (months × recurring monthly cost).
Net cash outcome = (months × verified monthly cash savings) − full cost.
Cash ROI = net cash outcome ÷ full cost × 100, only when full cost is above $0. Values are rounded for display only.
From an estimate
to an evidence-based decision
We agree on the baseline, connect the available operating data, and build reporting around the decisions your business owner needs to make.
What goes into your measurement plan
How your reporting is structured
Compare the same work, over the same period. Every result has an owner, a source and a decision it supports.
| Measure | BaselineRecorded before rollout | CurrentMeasured after acceptance | Source & owner | The decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completed work | Eligible volume and completion rate | Outputs accepted by the workflow owner | Workflow records · Operations | Is useful work getting through? |
| Staff effort | Handling, review and correction time | The same effort, including retries | Task samples · Team lead | Where has capacity been released? |
| Output quality | Acceptance standard and error rate | Accepted, corrected and reopened work | Review records · Quality owner | Does the result meet the standard? |
| Team adoption | Eligible people and suitable tasks | People completing useful tasks over time | Usage and work records · Manager | Where does the team need support? |
| Full cost | Current delivery cost for the same scope | Setup, usage, review and support costs | Cost ledger · Finance | What does each accepted result cost? |
| Business value | Spending and operating performance | Cash effect, redeployed time and quality | Business records · Benefits owner | Continue, improve or expand? |
Keep capacity and cash separateReleased time has value. Financial return needs evidence of reduced spending or attributable margin, after the full cost of the work.
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at the centre of your rollout
Start with one workflow and a clear baseline. We’ll help you define what to measure, who owns the result, and how to decide what comes next.
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