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Packaging automation ROI calculator

Estimate annual net benefit, simple return on investment and payback period for a packaging automation project.

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What this calculator measures

A simple automation business case compares installed investment with recurring labour, waste, capacity and operating-cost changes. It should also record risks and benefits that are not captured by a simple payback figure.

Your result

Enter the production figures and select Calculate result.

How to use the result

  1. Use installed project cost including integration, guarding, utilities, tooling, training and commissioning.
  2. Count labour savings only where the labour can genuinely be removed, redeployed or avoids future recruitment.
  3. Use contribution rather than revenue for extra capacity.
  4. Model a conservative case and a realistic case, then test the project against demand and product-mix changes.
Planning estimate: This tool does not create a quotation, legal quantity-control target, guaranteed OEE or investment approval. Validate the inputs against actual production.
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Calculator questions

Questions customers also ask

What is included in packaging automation ROI?

Include installed capital cost, labour, waste, giveaway, capacity contribution, maintenance, energy, consumables, finance and residual value where material.

Is payback period the same as ROI?

No. Payback estimates how long cumulative net benefit takes to recover the investment; simple ROI compares annual net benefit with the investment.

How should labour savings be treated?

Use only cashable savings or clearly valued redeployment. Removing seconds from a task does not create a saving unless the operating model changes.

What risks should sit beside the calculation?

Product variability, demand, changeover, technical support, spares, training, integration and acceptance-test risk should be recorded separately.

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