ROI Calculator

How many users in your organization require access to documents or are involved with reviewing digital content?

Average employee yearly salary (including labor cost factor) [$/user/year] :

$

Estimated time a user spends searching for files and documents [hours/user/month] :
Research finds workers spending more than 15% of their time locating information.*

Estimated time spent reproducing lost documents and creating redundant documents  [hours/user/month] :
Industry experts say the average company spends 25 hours recreating each lost document information.**

Estimated reduction in the above document handling issues using an edms system  [%] :

 

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Estimated monthly cost of lost documents in your organization [$/month] :
More than 7% of all documents get lost and 3% of the remainder are misfiled.***

$

Estimated monthly damage cost of unauthorized access to confidential documents [$/month] :

$

Approximate cost of applications installed on PCs to review documents [$/user/year] :
Include cost of applications that are installed exclusively for reviewing documents, for example Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, etc.

$

Estimated monthly cost of documents or web pages that are currently printed for distribution, review and approval [$/month] :
Include cost of paper and materials, cost of copier, printer and fax equipment/maintenance, telephone and fax costs, postage, shipping and handling costs.

$

Average time spent manually routing and tracking progress of review and approval processes [hours/user/month] :
Estimates indicate that most offices waste 65 cents of every dollar spent in handling records.****

Estimated reduction in a manual content review and approval process with an EDMS System [%] :

 

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Average time spent waiting for approval [hours/user/month] :

Estimated reduction in approval process time with EDMS System[%] :

 

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Total monthly cost savings with an edms system managing your content

$

Breakeven point using an edms system for your content management

First Year ROI

 

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* Source: IDC, "The High Cost of Not Finding Information," Feldman & Sherman, April 2003
** Capture Images, Capture Savings. Integrated Solutions Magazine, December 2002
***
Coopers & Lybrand
****
The Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA)