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What does retyping cost?
Your number in one minute.
Timesheets, delivery notes, order lists: in many businesses the same information gets entered twice. Enter how often that happens for you. The calculator shows how much working time it takes up each year. Everything is calculated in your browser, nothing is stored.
How it is calculated
Hours per week = (items × minutes per item + corrections × minutes per correction) ÷ 60.
Hours per year = hours per week × working weeks. Cost is hours per year × hourly rate, working days are hours per year ÷ 8.
The calculation is deliberately simple. It only counts desk time, not late invoices, lost sheets or searching for the latest version.
What counts as retyping?
- Paper timesheets copied into payroll at the end of the month.
- Orders arriving by email that someone enters into the inventory system.
- Checklists from the shop floor that end up in a spreadsheet each evening.
- The same customer address in the quote, the order and the invoice.
FAQ
- Where do the default values come from?
- They describe a small office as an example and are not an average. The result is most useful if you count along for one week.
- Which hourly rate should I enter?
- The gross wage of the person doing the typing, plus employer contributions and overhead. If you are not sure, try two values and look at the range.
- Are my inputs stored?
- No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser. Only when you copy the link are the numbers put in the address, so you can pass the result on.
- Is software worth it if the number is small?
- Not always. One hour a week rarely justifies a custom application. A better template or form is often enough. I will tell you that in the intro call too.