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ROI Calculator

What AI training gives back to your practice

Put in the numbers for your own team and see what the time saved is worth over twelve months. Every input is yours to change, so you can be as cautious as you like.

Your practice

Start with the basics. If you are not sure of a number, use a conservative estimate.

Everyone who will use the training. Advisers, paraplanners and support staff.

6 people

Salary plus employer costs, divided by working hours. Support roles often sit near R250. Advisers usually sit above R600.

R450/hr

After leave, public holidays and sick days.

44 weeks

Everything you pay for the training and the coaching that follows it.

R60,000

The share of the time saved that turns into useful work. Sixty percent is a sensible starting point.

60%

Hours saved each week, per person

These four steps follow the order of a normal advice workflow.

How to use this: estimate what one person saves in an ordinary week, not a good one. Keep the numbers modest and the result will hold up in a conversation. Item 05 is a rand value for the year and it starts at zero on purpose. Only raise it if you can back it with your own figures.

Pulling together portfolios, notes and background before you sit down with a client.

1.0 hrs

First drafts of records of advice, review reports and proposals.

2.0 hrs

Meeting notes, follow-up emails, newsletters and social posts.

1.0 hrs

Checking documents, tidying file notes and keeping records in order.

0.5 hrs

Extra revenue for the year from serving more clients, or from keeping more of the ones you have. Enter a rand value.

R0

Where the value comes from

Each figure is already adjusted for your realisation rate.

01 Client research and meeting preparation —
02 Advice documents and reports —
03 Client communication and content —
04 Review, compliance and file quality —
05 Revenue from released capacity —
Total value over twelve months —
Return—
Net benefit—