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POS payback calculator
Work out what your current operation costs you in stock variance and manual reconciliation, and how long a point of sale takes to clear its own setup cost.
Your operation
What you lose today
From your own stock counts. We do not publish a benchmark for this.
Your assumption, not our claim. Change it to what you believe.
Leave at zero unless the hours actually leave your payroll.
What it costs
Your own figure for whatever you are evaluating.
Hardware, installation, training, data migration.
Result
- Monthly revenue
- ₦124,800,000
- Stock variance today
- ₦225,000
- Recovered at 20% reduction
- ₦45,000
- Hours recoveredNot valued. Set an hourly rate above if hours leave the payroll.
- 52 h
- Monthly cost
- ₦450,000
Net per month
₦-405,000
At these figures the monthly benefit does not cover the monthly cost, so the one time cost never clears. That is a real answer rather than a failure of the model: it usually means either the variance is genuinely low, or the reduction you expect is smaller than the problem is worth.
Excludes payment processing savings, staff redeployment and any revenue gained from shorter queues, all of which we would be guessing at. The figure above is the conservative one.
Talk through your numbersAssumptions
What this model does and does not assume
A calculator that hides its assumptions is a sales tool, not a calculator.
We supply no benchmarks
Every input starts as a placeholder you are expected to replace. We have not measured your operation, and a number we invented would look more authoritative than it is.
The shrinkage rate is yours
Variance is measured against the stock you purchase, because that is what a stock count produces. Expressed against revenue it would need a margin assumption we have no basis for.
Recovered hours start at zero value
Less manual reconciliation only becomes money if hours leave the payroll. Most operators redeploy them instead, so the default is zero rather than a wage figure that would flatter the result.
It excludes the upside
Payment processing savings, redeployment and revenue from shorter queues are all left out. The number above is deliberately the conservative one.
Trading days are set to 26 per month, which reflects a six day week. Change your inputs above and every figure recalculates.
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Compare your model against a real deployment
Bring your figures and we will tell you where the model is optimistic for your sector.