- Time released: 15 hours a week × 52 weeks × 65% automated = 507 hours a year
- Employment cost per hour: £30,000 salary × (1 + 20% employer on-costs) ÷ 1,650 working hours = £21.82
- Capacity value: 507 hours × £21.82 = £11,063 a year
- Time released
- Hours a year that automation takes off the task.
- Capacity value
- Those hours valued at what they cost to employ. It shows what the time is worth, not money saved.
- Cash savings
- Spending that actually stops, such as overtime, agency or temporary staff, outsourced work or a hire you no longer need. Only counted when it is real.
- Net benefit
- Cash savings and any extra revenue, less the cost of building and running the solution. Only worked out once those costs are known.
Released time creates additional capacity. Cash savings arise where spending is avoided, such as overtime, agency staff or a planned hire; any revenue benefit depends on how the capacity is used.