Visual inspection benefit estimator
Estimate what better inspection could be worth
Model customer escapes and inspection effort separately before deciding whether a vision pilot is justified.
BUILD YOUR SCENARIO
Enter your own baseline
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Use one currency throughout. Changing the currency changes the unit label only; it does not convert any amount.
Record the non-confidential boundary for this estimate so printed scenarios remain understandable.
Base scenario
Choose a cost-only, capacity-only or separate two-part view.
Add costs only when you have a supportable cash-benefit estimate.
What your assumptions imply
Enter your baseline and an improvement assumption to calculate a scenario.
How this is calculated
- Baseline customer escapesUnits produced per year * Measured customer-escape rate / 100
- Potential customer escapes avoidedBaseline customer escapes * Assumed relative escape reduction / 100
- Gross avoided customer-escape costPotential customer escapes avoided * Avoidable cost per escaped unit
- Indicative inspection capacity valueInspector capacity allocated to this task * Loaded annual cost per inspector FTE * Net inspection time reallocated / 100
Costs and cash realization
- Annual net operating cash benefitRealizable annual cash benefit - Annual recurring operating cost
- First-year net cash benefitRealizable annual cash benefit - Annual recurring operating cost - One-time implementation investment
- Simple payback at full stated annual benefit12 * One-time implementation investment / Annual net operating cash benefit
- First-year undiscounted ROI at full stated annual benefit100 * First-year net cash benefit / (One-time implementation investment + Annual recurring operating cost)
Illustrative scenario only. This is not a quote, forecast, guarantee or verified customer outcome. Confirm the baseline, avoid overlapping benefits and include delivery and operating costs before approving investment.
Keep this estimate with your readiness worksheet or evidence record. For each scenario, record the source/reference, measured period and owner role; mark measured inputs versus assumptions, uncertainty or ranges, and unresolved questions. Copy or print both records before leaving their pages; entries are not carried between pages. Start an enquiry with a non-confidential description only. Open the readiness worksheet.
Scenario record
Visual inspection benefit estimator Workflow or asset scope: Not entered Currency: Not selected Illustrative scenario only. This is not a quote, forecast, guarantee or verified customer outcome. Confirm the baseline, avoid overlapping benefits and include delivery and operating costs before approving investment. Your entries stay in this browser tab. They are not sent to NeoBram or included in analytics. Reloading or closing the tab clears them. Printing or copying creates a copy under your control; the contact form does not receive your entries. Keep this estimate with your readiness worksheet or evidence record. For each scenario, record the source/reference, measured period and owner role; mark measured inputs versus assumptions, uncertainty or ranges, and unresolved questions. Copy or print both records before leaving their pages; entries are not carried between pages. Start an enquiry with a non-confidential description only. Base scenario What would you like to estimate?: Not entered Complete the required fields. No estimate has been calculated yet. How this is calculated baseline_escapes = annual_units * escape_rate_percent / 100 avoided_escapes = baseline_escapes * escape_reduction_percent / 100 avoided_escape_cost = avoided_escapes * escape_cost inspection_capacity_value = inspection_fte * loaded_annual_fte_cost * net_time_reallocated_percent / 100
Use the right defect measure
Enter the proportion of produced units that reach customers with the specific defects this project would address. Do not substitute internal reject rate: those units were already caught. If reliable customer-escape data is unavailable, leave that benefit unquantified and begin with inspection-time or false-call evidence instead.
Value the consequence you can support
Use an approved average avoidable cost per escaped unit, such as attributable warranty handling, freight, replacement or rework. Do not apply an arbitrary multiplier to unit price. Exclude speculative reputational value and any cost counted elsewhere. Different defect types may need separate scenarios.
Keep capacity distinct from cash
Time freed from repeatable checks may allow inspectors to handle exceptions, root-cause work or other tasks. It is not automatically a payroll saving. The calculator shows that capacity value separately from avoided escape costs. Add cameras, edge hardware, integration, validation and ongoing monitoring before deciding to invest.
About this estimate
Illustrative scenario only. This is not a quote, forecast, guarantee or verified customer outcome. Confirm the baseline, avoid overlapping benefits and include delivery and operating costs before approving investment.
Your entries stay in this browser tab. They are not sent to NeoBram or included in analytics. Reloading or closing the tab clears them. Printing or copying creates a copy under your control; the contact form does not receive your entries.
More clarity
Questions and answers
Should I enter internal rejects?
No. This escape calculation requires customer escapes. Internal scrap and rework need a separate cost model.
Can uncertain detections remove inspector effort?
Include the human review they require. Measure net time released after checking and exceptions.
Does this result include project costs?
The main result is a gross scenario. The optional cash-based investment view uses your separate realizable cash-benefit estimate and deducts implementation and operating costs. It does not automatically turn capacity or exposure into cash savings.
Are my inputs sent to NeoBram?
No. Calculation runs in your browser tab. Your entries are not sent through analytics or passed to the contact form. You can choose to print or copy a summary yourself.
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