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Manual inspection cost & payback calculator

See what manual visual inspection costs your line each year, what automating could save on your own assumptions, and the simple payback against Optomech’s published price bands. Every formula is shown below.

The numbers already filled in are examples, not Optomech data. Replace each one with your plant’s figures. Results update as you type.

A. Manual inspection today

People checking product by eye on this line, per shift.
1, 2 or 3.
Salary plus PF/ESI, bonus and overheads.

B. Your line

Bottles, caps, labels or parts per minute.

C. Cost of defects that slip through today

Customer complaints, returns or recalls caused by defects manual inspection missed.
Returns, rework, credit notes, freight, investigation time.

D. Your assumptions after automating

For example to handle rejects or changeovers.
Your own assumption. Optomech does not promise a figure — ask for a trial on your samples.

E. System to compare against

Bands are for a base configuration, ex-works Hyderabad, GST extra — from our vision price guide.

Your estimate

Annual manual inspection cost
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Inspectors employed
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Units per year
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Manual cost per 1,000 units
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Labour saving / year
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Quality cost avoided / year
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Estimated annual saving
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System price used
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Simple payback
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How we calculate

Letters match the inputs above. Every figure is computed from your inputs; the only Optomech data used is the published starting-from price band for the system you choose.

ResultFormula
Inspectors employedN × S
Annual manual inspection cost (M)N × S × C × 12
Units inspected per year (U)V × 60 × h × S × D
Manual inspection cost per 1,000 unitsM ÷ U × 1,000
Labour saving (L)(N − R) × S × C × 12 (R is capped at N)
Current cost of escaped defects (Q)I × K
Quality cost avoided (A)Q × P ÷ 100
Estimated annual saving (T)L + A
Simple payback, monthsSystem price ÷ T × 12 (shown for the low and high end of the band; no payback if T is ₹0)

What this estimate leaves out

Example inputs

These are the starting values in the calculator. They are illustrative only and are not Optomech or industry benchmarks.

InputExample value
Inspectors per shift (N)4
Shifts per day (S)2
Monthly cost per inspector, ₹ (C)25,000
Line speed, units per minute (V)120
Hours per shift (h)8
Working days per year (D)300
Complaint / recall incidents per year (I)4
Average cost per incident, ₹ (K)200,000
Inspectors per shift still needed (R)1
Share of incident cost you expect to avoid, % (P)50
SystemCIS Online cap inspection (₹6–15 lakh)

Price bands used

Optomech starting-from price bands for a base configuration, ex-works (Hyderabad), GST extra, as published on our product pages and the vision price guide. Your configured price depends on scope.

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