Shift Planning ROI Calculator

How much are manual shift planning and production staffing actually costing you? Enter your numbers below and see the savings in under 2 minutes.

Calculate Your ROI

Enter your organization's details to see potential savings with Stafferi

How many hours per week do you spend on shift planning?
Average hourly rate of planning managers
Total number of workstations/stations requiring planning
Average planning mistakes requiring corrections
Percentage of overtime hours vs regular hours

Why Companies Choose Stafferi

Real benefits from real customers

Up to 80% Time Reduction

Cut shift planning time by up to 80% compared to manual methods

95% Error Reduction

Fewer planning mistakes and compliance issues

Average €50K Savings

Annual cost savings per organization

3-Month Payback

Typical return on investment timeframe

How this calculation works

The estimate combines four separate savings, then compares the total against the annual subscription cost for your organization size. Your own inputs drive most of it; the reduction percentages below are our own benchmark assumptions, published here so you can judge them or substitute your own before quoting the result.

1. Planning time recovered

Your weekly planning hours × your hourly cost × 52 weeks, of which we assume 80% is recoverable. This is normally the largest component and the one you can verify most easily — time the next planning cycle and compare.

2. Fewer planning errors

Your reported monthly planning errors × 12, with a 95% reduction assumed and each incident costed at €150. That figure covers the typical knock-on effort of a mis-staffed shift — the call-around, the unplanned overtime, the re-published roster. If incidents cost you more than that, this line is conservative.

3. Reduced overtime

Overtime hours are derived from your workstation count at 40 hours per workstation per week, multiplied by the overtime share you entered. We assume a 10% reduction, valued at 1.5× your normal hourly rate.

4. Workstation efficiency

A 15% efficiency gain against an assumed €5,000 annual cost per workstation. This is the softest of the four assumptions and the one most worth replacing with your own figure — if you want a deliberately cautious estimate, discount this line first.

Return and payback

ROI is (total annual savings − annual subscription) ÷ annual subscription, and payback is the number of months of average savings needed to cover one year of subscription. Subscription cost comes from the published plan pricing for your headcount — no setup fee is added, because there isn't one. The result is an estimate for comparison, not a quotation; to test it against your real roster, start a free trial and plan an actual week.