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SCADA ROI Calculator

Five loss categories. One ROI snapshot. Built from real plant operating data — no fluff.

Run anonymously. Save to your account when you're ready.

How it works

Three minutes to a defensible ROI snapshot.

1
Quantify your losses

Fill in the categories that apply to your plant. Skip what's irrelevant — not every line has every loss type.

2
Set your investment

Total expected cost of the SCADA project: license, integration, training, hardware.

3
Get your ROI

Payback months, year-1 ROI %, net savings, and a category breakdown. Save it to your account when ready.

Setup
Industry, currency and labor rate apply across every category.
Manual digitization
Time spent manually capturing production data that a SCADA collects automatically.

Hours your team spends manually entering production data — data a SCADA captures automatically.

Productivity (downtime)
Lost output during unplanned stops, slowdowns and changeovers.

When the line stops, you don't produce. Multiply downtime × throughput × unit cost. SCADA spots stoppages in real time.

Quality (scrap & rework)
Discarded output plus the labor cost of reworking off-spec units.

Scrap (raw material lost) plus rework (labor cost). SCADA detects parameter drift before it becomes scrap.

Energy efficiency
Power consumed when the line is idle, leaking, or running outside spec.

Energy spent in standby, leaks or above-spec running. SCADA monitors consumption and alerts on spikes.

Corrective maintenance
Reactive labor and parts spent on breakdowns SCADA could have predicted.

Reactive maintenance — break, then fix. Hours plus parts. SCADA enables predictive maintenance.

Compliance & fines
Regulatory penalties from missed reporting or audit gaps.

Regulatory fines from late or incomplete reports. SCADA generates audit-ready reports automatically.

Investment
Total project cost — license, integration, training, hardware.

Be honest — include vendor licensing, integration labor, training, and any new hardware.

Live ROI

Losses
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Savings
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Payback
Year-1 ROI
Year-one net savings
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Fill in any cost category to see your live ROI snapshot.
Industry benchmark
Other / Discrete Manufacturing
Typical payback
8–15 mo
Yours:
Typical year-1 ROI
200–300%
Yours:
Industry's biggest loss area: Productivity.
Ranges are directional, drawn from common SCADA/MES case studies.