Buyers lose a third of their week to chasing PO lines
A conservative estimate of the hours and dollars automation gives your team back.
Navy = enter; the rest is calculated.
From your ERP: total PO lines raised each month.
Cumulative manual handling over a line's life: create, chase, expedite, reconcile.
Fully-burdened buyer cost per hour.
Share of lines the agent carries across their life. Under 100% only where supplier traffic never reaches email.
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Method (conservative) — Time saved = PO lines/month × manual minutes × automation rate; cost uses fully-loaded hourly cost (a full-time buyer ≈ 160 productive hours/month). Counted over a line's life: issue/verify, chase acknowledgement, exception handling, ASN/receipt reconcile, ERP updates, cross-team coordination.