How much capacity or cost could automation create?
Workbench
Value the workflow before you staff the next surge.
Annual economic surface
$540,000The cost of the work as it runs today.Addressable hours
7,560 hrsHours inside the addressable share.
How I see it
See the capacity before you hire the next coordinator
Headcount requests often arrive before anyone has valued the workflow. Capacity is the first operating result. Staffing changes come after the path is stable.
The calculator uses the same surface-area math as the homepage: people, loaded cost, and time on the work. It then shows hours returned and an FTE equivalent under conservative, base, and aggressive improvement.
Use it when the question is 'can we absorb more volume without a matching hire,' not when you need a full ROI with implementation and run cost. Pair it with the ROI Calculator when you are ready to fund.
Economic model
Annual economic surface areaemployees × loaded cost × time on the workflow
A conservative 25 percent of the addressable share is the planning case. If that number is not material, pick a more expensive workflow.
When this is the wrong next step
Do not use this tool to decorate a decision.
- The process is rare and cannot compound.
- You are using the tool to justify a reduction-in-force announcement.
- There is no volume, only a painful one-off.
A useful next step
Bring the numbers into a conversation.
The tool is a first cut. If the result is material, we guide the implementation and stay hands-on through operations — or tell you when a simpler answer is better.
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