Investment analysis
Robot ROI & Payback
A robot's payback period depends on avoided labour costs, not just theoretical machine capacity.
Simple payback versus ROI
Simple payback is the initial investment divided by positive annual net operating benefit. It does not account for the time value of money, varying future cash flows or financing structure.
Our first version focuses on transparent simple payback and lifetime net benefit rather than implying a precise discounted return from unverified productivity data.
If annual net benefit is zero or negative, simple payback is not achieved.