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Detail Sheets
Complex Lisp Routine

Problem:

 

Create a typical sheet of details for a project. Each project would have 4 sheets typically or more. Each sheet would have 15 (average) details. Quantity of Projects per year are 100 to 120. There are 22 different typical detail sheets to pick from. Each detail sheet needs to be created in 24x36, 30x42 and 36x42 size sheets. The same details are used on a variety of different detail sheets. Would like to have one location to maintain details as they can change at any time.


Solution:

Create a routine that will create any detail sheet required at the size required for the project.


Development Cost

$85.00

Hourly Rate for Development Time

150 hrs

Total Time to Develop Routine

$12,750

Total Cost for Developing Routine

 

Ideal Time

Run Times

Real World

75 min

Time to Complete Task Manually

100 min

10 min

Time to Run Custom Routine

20 min

65 min

Time Saved by Using Custom Routine

80 min

 

Ideal Time

Pay Back

Real World

$60.00

Hourly Billing Rate of Users

$60.00

420

Quantity Used Yearly*

420

455 hrs

Time Saved Per Year

560 hrs

$27,300

Annual Dollars Saved

$33,600

5.6 month(s)

Payback Time Frame

4.6 month(s)

114%

One Year Return on Investment

164%

87%

Productivity Increase

80%

 

* This is based on the Users request and there estimate of how much they would be using it in a year. The usage of our ROI function to verify the usage of this routine was not possible.