Automotive Inspection ROI Calculator
Calculate payback period and ROI for replacing manual inspection with Overview.ai vision systems. Add one row per production line or station.
Core inputs (required)
Advanced inputs (quality/ops savings)
Calculated
Total Investment
$74,200
one-time hardware + install
Annual Benefit
$1,386,610
Labor $1,120,000 + Quality $266,610
Payback Period
0.6 mo
months to break even
1-Year ROI
1768.7%
return on investment
| Line / Station | ① Labor Replacement | ② Quality / Ops Savings | Investment | Results | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use Case | Plant | Line / Station | Incl. Quality? | Inspectors/shift | Shifts | Cost/inspector ($/yr) | Manual labor cost | Residual insp./shift | Labor savings | Missed defects/yr | Cost/defect ($) | Reduction % | OV10i qty | OV20i qty | OV80i qty | Other costs ($) | Total investment | Annual benefit | Payback (mo) | 1-yr ROI | |
| $840,000 | $840,000 | $65,150 | $1,065,000 | 0.7 | 1534.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| $280,000 | $280,000 | $9,050 | $321,610 | 0.3 | 3453.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | $1,120,000 | $74,200 | $1,386,610 | 0.6 | 1768.7% | ||||||||||||||||
📖 Glossary
Core
Include quality/ops savings?
Y includes scrap/escape/recall savings in Total annual benefit. N = labor-only ROI.
Core
Inspectors per shift
Number of manual quality inspectors replaced at this station per shift.
Core
Residual inspectors/shift
Inspectors remaining after automation (supervisory, sample checks). Often 0.
Core
Fully loaded cost/inspector
Salary + benefits. If unknown, add ~15% to base salary for benefits.
Advanced
Missed defects per year
Baseline count of defects escaping into downstream processes or to customers per year.
Advanced
Cost per missed defect
Includes warranty, rework, complaint handling, recalls, penalties, and risk per event.
Advanced
Reduction with automation (%)
Expected relative reduction in miss rate after deploying AI vision.
Advanced
Other one-time costs
Cables, mounting brackets, SwivelLink, network gear, installation labor.
Calculated
Payback (months)
Total investment ÷ Total annual benefit × 12. How many months to break even.
Calculated
1-year ROI
(Annual benefit − Investment) ÷ Investment × 100. Net return after recouping hardware.