Use your own figures — not ours.
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Your process
Defaults are starting points, not industry figures. NCR and form pricing varies by supplier, volume and specification, and staff costs vary by employer.
A typical week, not your busiest.
Every sheet that gets filled in for one operation.
NCR pricing varies by supplier, volume and specification.
Preparing, chasing, processing, filing, scanning and retrieving.
Your figure, including whatever on-costs you count.
Some companies involve supervisors and divers directly in paperwork. Include this only if it reflects how your operation actually works.
Your current process — estimate
| Measure | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per year | — | 520 |
| Forms per year | — | 2,600 |
| Paper / material cost | £43.33 | £520 |
| Office administration time | 14.4 hrs | 173 hrs |
| Office administration cost | £217 | £2,600 |
| Total estimated paper-process cost | £260 | £3,120 |
This estimates the cost of your current paperwork process. It does not represent a guaranteed saving from using D.O.P.A. D.O.P.A. may reduce some of these costs; we do not claim it removes all of them.
Where the cost sits
- Materials£52016.7%
- Office administration£2,60083.3%
Compare with D.O.P.A.
D.O.P.A. at 10 operations/week
£150/month
Your estimated current process
£260/month
Potential saving up to
£110/month
£1,320/year
This is an upper-bound comparison: your estimated current paperwork-process cost minus the D.O.P.A. subscription. It is not a guaranteed saving because D.O.P.A. may reduce or transform, rather than eliminate, some of the time and costs above.
Want to see where this time can be removed from your workflow?
Why paper is rarely the biggest number
Stationery is easy to count, so it is usually the figure people reach for. In most processes it is the smallest part. The larger cost is the handling around it — preparing the paperwork, completing it, chasing it, processing it, filing it, scanning it, transferring it, and finding it again when a client or an auditor asks.
Move the office-time slider above and watch which part of the bar grows. That is the point of the calculator: not to tell you a number, but to let you find your own.
See where that time actually goes
Bring the paperwork you use now and we will walk through it against the system.