Product function
AI ROI quantification
How Merjora turns an opportunity into a defensible value range: baseline, value drivers, implementation cost and payback period.
Quantification converts an opportunity into a value range with an explicit baseline and stated assumptions. Merjora models time recovered, error reduction and capacity created, subtracts realistic implementation and run costs, and expresses the result as a range with a confidence level rather than a single flattering number.
What this function does
- Establishes the current cost of the workflow before any AI is applied
- Models value drivers separately: time, quality, capacity, revenue timing
- Applies an adoption discount so the number survives contact with reality
- Subtracts build, integration, licence and oversight costs
What it needs from you
- Volumes: contacts, cases, documents or transactions per month
- Time per unit of work, or a defensible estimate
- Loaded cost per hour for the people doing the work
What you get back
- A low/expected/high annual value range per opportunity
- Payback period and the assumptions the payback depends on
- A confidence level and the specific input that most affects it
How it works
- 01
Baseline
Current cost is calculated from volume × time × loaded rate before any benefit is claimed.
- 02
Model
Each value driver is calculated separately so nothing is double counted.
- 03
Discount
An adoption factor is applied — no workflow reaches full benefit on day one.
- 04
Net
Implementation and running costs are subtracted to produce a net range and payback.
What it deliberately does not do
- It does not report a single point estimate
- It does not count the same hour twice across two opportunities
- It does not assume 100% adoption or zero oversight cost
Questions
- Why a range instead of one number?
- Because a single number implies a precision nobody has before implementation. A range with stated assumptions is what a finance director can actually challenge and approve.
- Can we change the assumptions?
- Yes. Every input is visible and adjustable. If your loaded cost or volume differs, the range recalculates rather than hiding the difference.