Margin Recovery Calculator

See how much margin your operation is losing to manual purchasing, supply runs, and unbilled materials.

Your Operation

• Number of techs?
• Billing rate / hr?

$

• Supply runs per tech per week?
• Annual revenue?

$1M - $3M

• Deadstock % of inventory?
• Primary trade?

HVAC

Total Estimated Annual Impact

• 23x ROI
• $183,100 across billable time and materials

Billable Time

• $304,200

Materials

• $62,000

Billable Time Impact

• Go-back cost / year

$187,200

• 10 techs x 3 runs/wk x $150/hr x 52
• Saved at 50-75% reduction

$94K - $140K

Range based on typical Ply outcomes

• +1 job / tech / week revenue

$117,000

• 10 techs x 4 hrs x $150/hr x 52 wks

Materials Impact

• Dead stock tied up

$24,000

• 15% of estimated inventory (8% of revenue)
• Cash freed (75% recovery)

$18,000

• Recovered from deadstock via Ply visibility
• Est. unbilled materials / yr

$20,000

• ~3% of revenue lost to materials not invoiced

Estimates based on industry data for trades contractors.