It is said that the average American spends over 150 hours per year, just looking for lost information. Some estimates are even higher than this! Based on a 260 day year (not considering holidays, personal days, etc., and let’s say you never look for lost information on the weekends…), that is almost 35 minutes per day, 2.9 hours per week and 12.5 hours per month!
Use our ROI calculator to calculate your company's total cost of disorganization per year!
Note: please enter data in the boxes below (do not use dollar signs or commas in the boxes below).
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Average cost per hour (including benefits) for an employee's time:
The number of hours PER WEEK (average per employee) lost looking for information (average is 150 hours per year or approximately 3 hours per week):
The number of employees in your company:
Results Overview:
Total number of employees in your company:
Average cost per hour (including benefits) for an employee's time:
Average number of hours lost (per employee) looking for information PER WEEK:
Average number of hours lost (per employee) looking for information PER YEAR:
Total number of hours lost just looking for information PER YEAR:
Total cost per year (average employee including benefits) due to lost information:
Total cost to your company per year due to lost information:
Summary:
" + (name) + " is losing an average of " + (box2 * box3 * 52) + " hours of productivity for a total cost of $" + ((result) * 52) + " per year! This cost does not include the opportunity cost of bad customer service due to lost information, slow response time to internal or customer needs, or the frustration and stress of looking for lost information. All of these factors take a toll on the people in your organization and make your company operate at much less than its potential. The Paper Tiger software can provide a big payback on your investment with a break-even in a very short period of time.
