INNOVATION-VERSE
Economics
Business case simulator
Change any assumption and every output recalculates. FTE reduction, capacity release and avoidance are reported separately — never as one number.
Illustrative demo data
Inputs
Seeded from the diagnosed work profile.
Current annual hours
20,163
12 FTE of measured effort
Hours released
4,627
Annual benefit
$178K
Net $88K
Payback
61.1 mo
ROI 20%
FTE impact — three distinct outcomes
Never conflate them. Only reduction is cash-releasing.
FTE Reduction
0.9
Headcount potentially removed
FTE Capacity Release
1.3
Freed and redeployed
FTE Avoidance
0.6
Future hiring avoided
Reduction8%
Capacity release10%
Avoidance5%
Unchanged effort77%
Current state
Annual manual hours20,163
Current FTE effort12
Current cost$744K
Cost per transaction$18.79
Potential state
Remaining hours15,536
Remaining FTE effort9.2
Cost after benefit$566K
Cost per transaction$14.29
Scenario comparison
Same work profile, three sets of adoption and realization assumptions.
| Scenario | Hours released | FTE impact | Annual benefit | ROI | Payback | 3-yr value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 2,221 | 1.3 | $86K | -1% | n/a | $-463K |
| Base | 4,627 | 2.8 | $178K | 20% | 61.1 mo | $-185K |
| Upside | 7,181 | 4.3 | $277K | 42% | 28.9 mo | $111K |