No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is submitted to us, there is no account, no cookie and no analytics on this page, so there is no personal information for us to hold.

Where do the default figures come from?

There are none. Every figure is one you type from your own records. A field left blank is treated as zero rather than filled with an industry average, because an average measured on somebody else’s business will not fit what happens in yours.

How accurate is the total?

It is only as accurate as the numbers you put in, and it deliberately counts only the delays you tell it about. It is an order of magnitude, not an audit. It is useful for deciding whether a delay is worth fixing, not for accounting.

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What is the delay actually costing you?

Four numbers, from records you already keep. Nothing is saved and none of your figures are sent anywhere — and we do not have an industry average to offer you instead. Fill in what you know and leave the rest blank.

1 Enquiries nobody answered

Work you already paid to win, thrown away before it started.

Revenue you booked last month (R)

Enquiries you did answer

Enquiries that got no reply

Average job value — · lost work —

2 Quotes that went quiet

Most businesses quote more than they follow up. The gap is usually bigger than the quote is worth.

Quotes sent last month

Of those, never followed up

Jobs you won

Your average job value (R)

Your close rate — · worth one more follow-up —

3 Money arriving late

You pay for this twice — once in interest and fees, once in staff time.

Invoices issued last month

Of those, paid late

Your payment terms (days)

Average days late

Hours a week spent chasing

Your hourly rate (R)

Interest or late fee per late invoice (R)

Share going late — · interest and fees — · staff time —

4 Getting someone up to speed

Be honest about the weeks. Most owners undercount this badly.

Weeks before a new person is useful

New hires a year

Onboarding cost a year —

That is roughly what the delay costs you in a year

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Fill in any block to include it. Blank fields are treated as zero and never guessed.

Working it out by hand

This calculator needs JavaScript. The arithmetic is not complicated:

Average job value = revenue you booked ÷ enquiries you answered.
Lost work = average job value × enquiries with no reply.
Close rate = jobs won ÷ quotes sent. Worth one more follow-up on a hundred quiet quotes = close rate × 100 × average job value.
Late fees = late invoices × average days late ÷ terms × invoice value. Staff time = chasing hours × 52 × hourly rate.
Onboarding = weeks to useful × 44 weeks × hourly rate × new hires a year.

If that total is bigger than you expected

The ninety-minute Workflow Diagnostic is R2,500, and that comes straight off the R8,000 Audit if you go ahead within 30 days — so the total is R8,000, not R10,500. We watch one real process on your screen and name the three automations worth building first.

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If the honest answer is that you should spend your effort somewhere other than a system, we will say that on the call. If the total above is under R2,500 a year, do not buy this.

What we can see. Two anonymous counts reach Google Analytics: that you started filling this in, and how many of the four blocks you completed. No figure you type, no revenue, no name, no email — none of it leaves your browser. We use it to know whether this tool is worth maintaining.