Admin Cost Calculator

Find out what one repetitive process really costs your farm over a year, and over three.

Time per task × frequency × people involved × hourly value = the labour value currently tied up in the process. Enter your own figures; the strongest result is 'this process consumes about 125 hours a year', not a generic promise.

Farm Admin Cost Calculator

Calculate the cost of repetition

Small tasks compound. Enter your own timings and hourly value to see how much time one repetitive process consumes on your Dumfries and Galloway farm.

Minutes per task How often People who do it Hourly value (£)

Hours a year: 87
Labour value a year: £1,300
Hours over three years: 260

Want to know whether this process can be automated? Show us how you do it today.

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Illustration only. Time per task × frequency × people × hourly value. We never promise a fixed saving; we measure your process and show the calculation.

Illustrations

How quickly small tasks add up

At an illustrative £15 an hour and 260 working days. A dairy office works more days than that.

15 minutes every working day

65 hours a year
£975 of labour value

30 minutes every working day

130 hours a year
£1,950 of labour value

1 hour every working day

260 hours a year
£3,900 of labour value

2 hours every week

104 hours a year
£1,560 of labour value

4 hours every week

208 hours a year
£3,120 of labour value

5 hours a week for three years

780 hours
£11,700 at £15, £15,600 at £20

Automation score

Is this process worth automating?

Score the process from 1 to 5 on each question. High-frequency, time-consuming, rules-based, error-prone, frustrating and important processes rise to the top of the list.

How often does it happen? (1 = yearly, 5 = several times a day)3 How long does it take each time? (1 = under 10 minutes, 5 = over 2 hours)3 How rules-based is it? (1 = needs judgement, 5 = same steps every time)3 How likely are errors? (1 = low, 5 = high)3 How frustrating is it? (1 = painless, 5 = hated)3 How important is it to the business? (1 = minor, 5 = operationally critical)3

Scored well? Show us the process and we will assess it properly.

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Start With One Repetitive Task on Your Farm

Show us what you do today. We will show you what could happen automatically, and tell you honestly if software will not create a genuine practical benefit. We are based near Dumfries and happy to visit farms across Dumfries and Galloway.

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