Sample Return-on-Investment Profiles for Small and Large Companies

Companies of all sizes are constantly challenged to keep pace with the evolution of today's business world. As new standardization guidelines speed up business processes, companies are forced to bring operations up to top speed and efficiency, leaving little room for error. In fact, the smallest of errors can cost companies enormous profit-loss for non-compliance of standards set by large retailers and manufacturing plants.

Small/Mid Size,One Station - Manufacturing Operation
Sees Pay Back in Less than Three Months

This smaller company realized considerable savings, increased operating efficiency and accurate label placement with one print & apply station added to their production line. With one person averaging three hours per day to print labels and two people applying labels, production lines moved along until one person was out, or labels were placed incorrectly. This company could not afford the stiff penalties or rejection of shipments for non-compliance to strict labeling specifications of the larger retailers. Ordering several lots of preprinted labels, each with ordering minimums and separate inventory control numbers added to their cost of business. Each time a product changed, production conveyors stopped, and the labels were changed to match the next product. Rolls of labels were damaged or lost when not returned to a safe inventory place which resulted in increased operating costs. After a careful assessment of the production process, a new system using a combination of preprinted labels which were customized by printing the variable information on demand, eliminated the need to change the rolls of labels, increased efficiency on the production floor and decreased inventory costs and waste.  It took less than 12 weeks to see their return on their investment in a single automatic print & apply system.

Cost of Equipment: $16,000   Pay Back Time: Less than 12 weeks

Large Five Day/Week Manufacturing Operation
Sees Break-Even in less than 90 days

This manufacturer runs a double-shift labeling operation, five days a week. Using a combination of preprinted lables and batches of lables printed-on-demand, they estimated one person for 4 hours per shift to print labels and 18 people working both shifts to apply them to packages. The number of labels applied per hour goes down when the label needs to be applied in an exact location according to compliance mandates and quality control specifications. With an automatic applicator system placed at each of 15 production lines, labels are placed exactly where they need to go, faster and with a higher degree of accuracy. The ROI on this system does not include any savings for materials or warehouse space since this company did not change how it used labels, simply how they applied the labels. Pay back on their hardware investment can be seen in less than 90 days.

Cost of Equipment: $225,000   Pay Back Time: Less than 13 weeks

LABOR COSTS	Enter the average hourly wage paid	Enter the average # of people hours/week
Hand applying labels
Printing & Rewinding labels
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What is your company's burden factor? (ie: typically 18% becomes 1.18)

MATERIALS COSTS
	Enter the current price paid per 1M units	Enter the annual usage per 1M
Preprinted Labels - $/1000		<>
Preprinted Boxes - $/1000
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Ribbons
WAREHOUSING COSTS
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Preprinted Labels
Preprinted Boxes
WASTE
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Preprinted Labels
Preprinted Boxes
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