A starting point for a conversation, not a performance claim. Defaults and presets are illustrative user assumptions. Savings are hypothetical and may not materialize.
01 / Your assumptions
Start with your plant
Illustrative defaults. Replace them with your own operating estimates. All amounts in USD.
Plant profile
Manual scheduling labor
Changeover downtime
Potential improvement
User assumptionsPresets change assumed time reduction, avoidable minutes and capture. They are not evidence or claimed RunMark performance.
Off by default to avoid double counting. Downtime costs often include labor. Only turn on if scheduling labor is separate from your downtime estimate.
02 / The financial picture
Your potential savings
Updates as you editIllustrative annual savings
$9,600
$800 / month · before subscription costs
Annual total = $9,600 downtime; scheduling labor excluded. Monthly = annual total ÷ 12.
Annual subscription estimate
$2,388
Net annual potential
$7,212
Scheduling labor
$2,592 / yr
57.6 person-hours freed / yr
Excluded from total
Changeover downtime
$9,600 / yr
38.4 line-hours recovered / yr
40% assumed capture
Scheduling formula: 8 person-hours/week × $45/hour × 48 weeks × 15% = $2,592/year. Time freed = 8 × 48 × 15% = 57.6 person-hours.
Downtime formula: 4 changeovers/line/week × 6 lines × 5 min ÷ 60 × $250/line-hour × 48 weeks × 40% = $9,600/year. Omit the hourly cost to obtain 38.4 recovered line-hours.
Freed planning time is not necessarily a payroll saving. Recovered line time requires usable capacity and demand to generate contribution margin. Do not add revenue and the same costs again.
Would it cover the subscription?
Modeled savings cover your estimate
Break-even monthly budget: $800
Illustrative estimate only — not actual RunMark pricing. Break-even budget = modeled annual savings ÷ 12; it assumes all included value is realized and pays only for the subscription, not implementation or other costs. Net annual potential = $9,600 − ($199 × 12) = $7,212.
Hypothetical annual ROI
302%
Subscription coverage
4×
Subscription-only ROI = (annual modeled savings − annual subscription) ÷ annual subscription × 100%. Coverage = annual modeled savings ÷ annual subscription. Both are undefined at a zero subscription. Not actual realized ROI or a payback forecast; implementation costs excluded.
What if your assumptions change?
Low / high use 0.5× / 1.5× each of your time reduction, avoidable minutes and capture factor. Two downtime factors change together: uncapped downtime savings become 0.25× / 2.25×, while scheduling savings become 0.5× / 1.5×. Capped at 100% and average changeover duration. Not a forecast or confidence interval.
| Case | Time saved | Avoidable | Capture | Net / year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 7.5% | 2.5 min | 20% | $12 |
| Base | 15% | 5 min | 40% | $7,212 |
| High | 22.5% | 7.5 min | 60% | $19,212 |
Transparent by design
The math behind the estimate
Scheduling labor savings
Hours / week × loaded labor rate × weeks / year × assumed time reduction.
Freed person-hours represent potential time value, not necessarily a cash or headcount reduction.
Changeover downtime savings
Changeovers / line / week × lines × avoidable minutes ÷ 60 × downtime cost / hour × weeks / year × capture factor.
Recovered line-hours are distinct from person-hours. No additional general downtime savings are assumed.
Keep costs non-overlapping
Downtime cost often includes labor. Scheduling labor is excluded from the total unless you explicitly include it. Don't count the same costs twice.
This is an illustrative financial model, not the RunMark optimizer or a capacity calculator. It does not establish causation, guarantee savings, or model production constraints. Estimates exclude implementation, training, integration, financing and tax costs. Validate rates and achievable improvements against your own plant data before making a purchasing decision.
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