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Queue and Waiting Time Calculator
Twenty-two calls an hour, three people, seven and a half minutes each. The average wait is twenty-five minutes. Put one more person...
Returns Cost and True Margin
Sixty pounds, costing you thirty-six, eight pounds to deliver. A forty per cent margin. A quarter of them come back. A sale...
Card Processing Fee Comparison
1.4% plus 20p a transaction, against a flat 1.9%. The first one has the lower headline rate and is the dearer of...
Cash Conversion Cycle Calculator
Stock sits for 45 days. Customers take 62 to pay. You pay suppliers in 30. That is a 77-day cycle, and on...
Minimum Order Value Calculator
Picking and packing, twelve minutes of admin, and the courier. On the figures this ships with that is $24.80 before a single...
Product Mix and Bottleneck Calculator
Three products. One makes 60% margin, one makes 50%, one makes 45%. Everybody knows which to push. Now add the oven. The...
Quote Win Rate and Pricing
Ten quotes out, nine won. That feels like the system working. At a 25% margin, a 10% price rise turns each won...
Insurance Claim Decision Calculator
1,200 of damage. A 500 excess. So the claim pays 700. The premium is 1,150 a year and a claim puts it...
Buy or Hire Calculator
An 18,000 machine, kept six years, worth 4,000 at the end, with 1,400 a year of running costs. That costs 4,503 a...
Payment Plan and 0% Finance True Cost
A $1,000 item on 0% finance over twelve months. Paying cash today would have cost $920. That plan is about 17% a...
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