BUSINESS CASE
Is the change worth it?
Estimate the time you could reclaim, compare the total cost, and take a concrete proposal to your team.
YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
Estimate the return.
Put a value on the engineering time you could reclaim. Compare it with the cost of adopting tofupilot.
Example assumptions · replace with your team’s numbers
Maintain the test infrastructure.
Deployment tooling, operator screens, and reporting.
Gather the evidence.
Collect logs and compare results across stations.
Include integration, training, and internal rollout time. The platform budget is an example, not a tofupilot quote. Check pricing ↗
02 / WEIGH THE RETURN12 MONTHS · EUR
Potential first-year net value
€18,000 in engineering time − €9,000 in costs
- Time reclaimed / month
- 20 h
- Estimated payback
- 3 mo
- First-year ROI
- 100%
Time value represents engineering capacity you could recover. Cash savings depend on how your team uses that time.
How this is calculated
Saved hours = the two monthly effort estimates × assumed reduction. Time value = saved hours × hourly cost. First-year costs = 12 months of platform budget + rollout. ROI = net value ÷ first-year costs. Payback = rollout cost ÷ monthly time value after platform cost. Benefits and recurring costs are assumed constant from month one.
What about rework, scrap, and returns?Track during your pilot
Start with the cost of an incident.
Estimate rework exposure, then measure whether earlier detection and traceability change the outcome. This amount is excluded from the ROI above.
Example rework exposure
Bring the decision to your team.
Share these assumptions and the calculated return in one link.
Estimated first-year net value: €9,000. Engineering hours reclaimed per month: 20.
INTERNAL PITCH GUIDE
Bring your team
on board.
You have seen the test run. Help everyone else understand the change, the effort, and the decision you are asking them to make.
01 / ANSWER THEIR QUESTION
Can we keep our tests?
Start with a supported framework, SDK, or importer. Keep the instrument logic; evaluate the shared deployment and data workflow around it.
BRING THE EVIDENCE
Show one existing procedure and the resulting test record.
