Add a second shift

The gain holds

The gain holds: $625,450 ahead after every cost is counted.

• On paper it is worth $1,050,000 over 3 years.
• What it costs comes to $424,550: every $1 of gain costs $0.40.

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How this answer was worked out

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What the calculator asks you

• The expected gain each year
• The one-time cost of making the change
• What the thing being changed was earning
• How much of it is affected, and how much of that was truly spare
• Which parts of the business rely on it
• The chance of having to undo it

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