Premises:

n the next 12 months, how many adverts are you expecting to be getting via the Internet? (E-mail, FTP, WAM!NET, Vio, etc.)

4.800,00

What percentage of these jobs will you be preflighting? (include manual and electronic preflighting)

100

How much time does an average preflight take? (estimate an overall average in minutes)

10

If an easy problem is defined as one that can be fixed in 20 minutes or less by your staff (for example: RGB instead of CMYK, missing fonts or images, incorrect job size or image resolution, etc.), what is the average percentage of jobs you get that contain "easy problems"?

85

For what percentage of jobs does your staff need to contact the customer because of "easy problems"?

70

How much time does this phone call last? (estimate an overall average in minutes)

8

What is your average hourly labor rate for prepress services?

75

Here's your cost for preflighting and handling "easy problems" in the next year

190.458,00

Return on Investment Analysis:

FlightCheck Online Server

15.000,00

MarkzScout

999,00

Cost of Integration Services (We're using an arbitrary figure; you can change this amount to reflect an integrator's quotation, or your own estimate)

5.000,00

Sub Total

20.999,00

Less your cost for preflighting and handling "easy problems" in the next year

190.458,00

First Year Return on Investment  (EURO)

169.459,00

First Year Return on Investment (%)

806,99%

Cost of system maintenance for 2nd year (We're using an arbitrary figure; you can change this amount to reflect an integrator's quotation, or your own estimate)

1.500,00

Estimated number of adverts received via the Internet in year 2

5.000,00

Cost savings for preflighting and handling "easy problems" in year 2

198.393,00

2 Year ROI (EURO)

196.893,75

2 Year ROI (%)

13216,25

Gesamtsumme Return on Investment für 2 Jahre

366.352,75

Return on Investment für 2 Jahre (%)

1628,31%