Cost/Benefit Analysis

DataTrans provides this free Cost Benefit Analysis to allow you to easily calculate cost estimates and returns on your EDI investment so that you can easily quantify the value and savings that an integrated EDI solution will provide to your organization. Feel free to edit the parameters of this analysis to best reflect your particular situation. The default values presented here are based on historical data, however each EDI implementation is different and costs and savings may vary.

Assumptions
Staff costs per hour:
Documents per month:
Trading Partners:
Maps per Partner:
Amount of Time Spent (in minutes)
 Manual Hosted Software
Receiving a PO
Prepairing an Invoice
Correcting Errors
Misc Document Processing


Estimated Costs
 Manual Hosted Software
Receiving a PO 1,000.00 50.00 100.00
Prepairing an Invoice 1,000.00 50.00 100.00
Correcting Errors 500.00 50.00 100.00
Misc Document Processing & Map Modifications 500.00 200.00 200.00
EDI Transaction Fees 0.00 380.00 (VAN Costs)40.00
Software Maintenance & Upgrade Fees 0.00 0.00 257.08
Monthly Costs $3,000.00 $730.00 $797.08
 
Mapping Costs 0.00 10,000.00 10,000.00
Software License 0.00 0.00 13,500.00
Training & Consulting Fees 0.00 0.00 1,900.00
Upfront Costs: $0.00 $10,000.00 $23,500.00
 
Total First Year Costs: 36,000.00 18,760.00 34,965.00
Total First Year Savings: $0.00 $17,240.00 $1,035.00
 
Total Subsequent Year Costs: 36,000.00 8,760.00 9,565.00
Total Subsequent Year Savings: $0.00 $27,240.00 $26,435.00
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Notes:

  • Software Maintenance Fees include support and minor upgrades. They are assessed at the beginning of the year.
  • The Software section does not take into account: server hardware, bandwidth etc...
  • Savings are calculated in comparison to manual processing
  • This Cost/Benefit calculator is not a quote. It is simply a rough estimation that presents possible costs and savings. Please contact our sales department at 281-292-8686 for an official quote.

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