Automation ROI

How much human time can an agent pilot give back?

Hours automated, FTE-equivalent reclaimed, and pilot breakeven — modeled on your workflow cadence.

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# of repeated workflows

Multi-step processes you re-run on a schedule or trigger.

1 40

Hours per workflow run

Person-time per execution, end to end.

0.5 hrs 16 hrs

Runs per workflow per month

Weekly = 4, daily = 22, hourly = 160, etc.

1 200

Loaded FTE cost per hour

Blended ops/analyst salary, fully loaded.

$50 $250

Agent pilot monthly fee

Engagement cost for a multi-agent pilot.

$3,000 $30,000

Hours automated / year

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Assumes ~75% of workflow time is genuinely automatable.

FTE-equivalent capacity reclaimed

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Hours automated divided by 1,800 productive hours / FTE / year.

Agent pilot breakeven

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Months until reclaimed labor covers the pilot fee.

Assumptions used in this model

· 75% of workflow execution time is genuinely automatable — based on PLEXIFLEXOR P2A engagement and internal benchmarks.
· FTE-equivalent uses 1,800 productive hours/year per analyst (52 weeks × 40 hrs × 87% utilisation after meetings, PTO, ramp).
· Agent pilot fee defaults to $9K/month — adjust to match your engagement structure.
· Breakeven capped at 36 months for legibility. Real pilots typically pay back inside 6 months at the listed workflow cadence.

These are PLEXI-internal benchmarks for first-pass sizing, not customer-validated numbers. Calibrate on a fit-check call.

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