Soft-Dollar Benefits

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Hard Dollar Benefits

1. The study (integrated platform running on a single instance) estimated Thermos' overall investment generating $6.2 million in benefi ts and an ROI of 222 percent over the life of the project. In addition to capital cost avoidance, savings came from higher staff productivity across several departments, lower inventory carrying costs, and reduced IT management expenses. The investment also yielded significant strategic benefits by lowering Thermos' risk of business disruptions, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and supporting new marketing and other business initiatives.
2. The study (platform consolidation) estimates NYCHA will realize cumulative benefits of more than $105 million over the life of the B.E.S.T. project, translating into a net present value of $60.2 million. NYCHA will achieve payback on its investment in about 2.5 years, the study projects, and earn an overall return on investment of about 137 percent.
3. Vanderbilt projects that the implementation will yield a savings of 185 percent during the next five years, taking into account the performance and availability of the new systems, and the efficiency gained in managing a single vendor's system.