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Campaign volume savings calculator

Enter a few figures from your own direct mail program. The tool returns an estimate of where time and cost could be recovered, with every assumption visible and editable. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a quote or a guarantee.

1. Your mail program

2. Assumptions (edit freely)

  • Time reduction defaults by workflow: 30% mostly manual, 20% partly automated, 10% mostly automated. These are planning assumptions, not measured results.
  • Error reduction defaults to 30% — an assumption to be validated in a pilot.
  • Vendor cost reduction defaults to 0%. We make no claim that existing vendor costs fall; enter your own view.
  • The range shown is 50%–125% of the point estimate to reflect uncertainty before a review.
  • Postage, Mail Growth Incentive credits and workshare discounts are excluded.

3. Estimate

Estimate only — based on your inputs and the assumptions above

$28,092 – $70,230 per year

Point estimate $56,184/yr ($4,682/mo), about 14.8% of current addressable cost.

Current labor on mail / mo$12,160
Current rework cost / mo$7,500 (5,000 pieces)
Current vendor/process / mo$12,000
Est. staff hours freed / mo64
Est. labor savings / mo$2,432
Est. errors avoided / mo1,500
Est. rework savings / mo$2,250
Est. vendor savings / mo$0

Next step: request a campaign review or pilot

We'll review your figures with you, test the assumptions against your actual operation, and tell you plainly whether a pilot makes sense. Your diagnostic inputs and estimate are attached to the request.