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How much does business disorganization really cost?

Answer 7 questions and discover the real cost of your SME's inefficiency.

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Example: SME with 10 employees

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estimated economic damage every year from wasted time, errors, and turnover.

Calculated with the same model you'll find below: your own figure may differ.

Why it's worth calculating

The calculator's model is based on real Italian labor market benchmarks, not random estimates.

5.2 hours a week

Every week you lose 5.2 hours chasing the same data — time that slips away in small pieces, almost unnoticed. A few minutes to copy an order from one system to another. More minutes to figure out why two spreadsheets show different numbers. Still more time to track down a document that "should have been there" and isn't. Multiply that by the number of people on your team: it's nearly a full working day that disappears every month, without anyone really noticing.

40% lost

Between social security, pension, and insurance contributions, gross salary is only part of the real cost. The rest often isn't factored into the budget.

ROI 92%

For an SME with 10 employees, as in the example above, the reference investment pays for itself in about 6 months — with a 92% return already in the first year.

60% time recovered

With the right processes, you recover up to 60% of that time — real hours that come back to your team every week. No overhaul needed: you just need to identify the two or three steps that repeat identically dozens of times a month — a data entry task, a cross-check — and let the system handle them instead of people. Just automate the most repetitive steps to turn that time into something concrete, structurally rather than as a one-off.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the calculation really free?

Yes, no cost and no credit card required. We only ask for your email and company name to send you the full report.

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Only the Studio Mate team. Your data is never sold or shared with third parties, and you can request its deletion at any time.

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How accurate is the calculation?

It's an estimate based on real Italian market benchmarks, designed to be conservative: your real number could even be higher.

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