R.O.I. Related Examples.
Every situation is different and these number will most likely be different from what you will see. These are simply real life examples from some of our customers.
In this particular situation. The main office of this engineering company suddenly had 60 people not able to do their jobs. Each of these workers had a billing rate of between $100 and $250 per hour. If we calculate an average of $180 per worker. 60 workers for 2 hours. That is $21,600 of lost revenue for the company. This is just for a single instance. If this happened 3 times a year then lost revenue would be $64,800+.
Many companies debating on hiring a temp or intern simply to provide backup to your primary IT person in these cases...
When they...
- Want to take a vacation.
- Get sick.
- Get injured or are suddenly unable to work.
- get occasionally overburdened with the waves of workload.
Also, do they pass the "bus test" which means if that employee got hit by a bus how well would your business recover from the loss?
These and many other reason why companies will hire a secondary person even if the workload doesn't quite match up with the costs.
Cost = $30k to $50k for part time depending on skill level. Up to $70k to $90k for full time.
Example: Computer deployment time of the year.
Every year you are replacing a certain percentage of your computers. This upgrade period can be very stressful for a solo IT person that is often busy taking care of other tasks. MSP's will often charge between $150 and $180 an hour to bring someone in to help out.
$165 x hours per computer (let's say 1.5) x computers (let's say 15) = $3712.5
With our program a bucket of hours is already built in and ready to use at any time. These hours can be used in any way that you wish. Oftentimes companies spend these hours on computer deployments.
One of the biggest benefits of having an in-house IT person versus an MSP is during purchasing time. MSP's will often tack on a percentage of fees onto the hardware purchase to cover the cost of research and ordering. When your person is in-house that overage disappears because that is just a part of their responsibilities.
Let's take earlier example of a computer deployment of 15 desktop computers. Desktops usually cost around $1200 and laptops cost around $2200. We will use the cheaper example.
MSP
15 x $1200 + 20% = $21,600
In-House purchasing
15 x $1200 = $18,000
Total saved = $3,600
This in-house person has several options to do the research themselves and feedback from many other IT professionals is just part of the program.
Real numbers for purchasing software that is well known in the engineering and construction fields.
Normal cost: $349 per licence + $99 for yearly maintenance.
Purchasing in bulk = $262 per license + $59.40 a year for maintenance.
For 100 licenses that's a saving of $12,660 for the first year and $3,960 every year after that.
That's just one piece of software. You multiply that by 4-5 other software and you have some serious savings.
Oftentimes companies will set aside a certain percentage of budget for continuing education for their IT person. This program fits perfectly within those expectations.
Total savings = too variable to calculate.