ROI calculator
Count what the day costs.
Your numbers, our arithmetic, printed where you can check it.
What your day looks like now
Assumptions you can change
None of these are measured figures. They are starting points, and every one of them feeds the arithmetic printed below the result.
₹11,250
Cash that goes unexplained in a month.
₹7,50,000 passes through the till across 1 outlet(s) in the month, and 1.5% of it is never accounted for.
₹5,625
The part you expect to account for.
Your own assumption: 50% of the variance gets explained once it is flagged against the shift that produced it, rather than at month end.
18.7 hours
Manager time freed in a month.
20 hours on the close today, 2.5 at your target, plus 1.2 hours of attendance assembly that stops being re-keyed because it is recorded during the shift.
The arithmetic
Cash handled = outlets × cash per day × trading days
= 1 × ₹25,000 × 30
= ₹7,50,000
Unexplained = cash handled × variance %
= ₹7,50,000 × 1.5%
= ₹11,250
Accounted for = unexplained × share you would explain
= ₹11,250 × 50%
= ₹5,625
Close hours = outlets × minutes × trading days ÷ 60
now = 1 × 40 × 30 ÷ 60 = 20
at target = 1 × 5 × 30 ÷ 60 = 2.5
Payroll hours = staff × minutes ÷ 60
= 12 × 6 ÷ 60 = 1.2
Hours freed = (close now − close at target) + payroll hours
= 18.7Nothing here is a price, and none of it is a payback period. The figures describe what the current close costs you, not what a purchase returns.
Method
Nothing here is hidden.
Four figures you already know, four assumptions you can change, and the full working printed beside the result.
Framing
This is a leak, not a price.
The figures describe what today’s close costs. They are not a payback period, and there is no subscription in the arithmetic.
Questions? Answers.
Where do the default numbers come from?
They are starting points, not measurements. Every one of them is an editable field, and the arithmetic below the result uses whatever you put in.
Why is there no payback period?
A payback period needs a price to pay back. This page measures what the current close costs you, which is a number you own either way.
What counts as unexplained variance?
The gap between the cash the till should hold and the cash actually counted, once floats, sales and payouts are accounted for, and with no reason attached to it.
Why does the share of variance you would explain matter?
Because none of it is recovered by software on its own. Surfacing a gap against the shift that produced it is what makes it answerable; how much gets answered is your call, so you set that number.
Where does the payroll time come from?
The minutes spent moving attendance from a register into a salary sheet each month. If attendance is recorded during the shift, that step stops.
Do my numbers leave this page?
No. The calculation runs in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere or stored.