The Elements ODS · Cost of Chaos

What is the chaos costing you?

A handful of numbers, most of which you can estimate in a minute. This works out what your current operation costs you in a year, before anyone changes anything. It is the same math as Chapter 2 of the book.

Your business

Round numbers are fine. Every figure is an estimate until you measure it.

Rework and callbacks

Work you have already been paid for, done a second time.

Unplanned overtime

Not the overtime you planned. The overtime the week forced on you.

Your own time

Problems that reach you which somebody else should own.

Customers lost over service

Not lost on price. Lost because of how the work went.

Your cost of chaos, a year
$0
— of revenue
Rework and callbacks$0
Unplanned overtime$0
Your time$0
Customers lost$0
—

Your own scenario

Move the sliders to whatever you think is achievable in your business. These are your assumptions, not a promise from us.

50%
40%
70%
50%
Cost recovered at these assumptions$0
Hours returned to you personally—

Nothing here is a projection of results. It is arithmetic on numbers you entered and reductions you chose.

Send me the full breakdown

The line-by-line version and the first three things to do about it. No cost, and no sales call.

We send your results, then roughly one useful email a month. We do not sell or share your address, and there is no sales call unless you ask for one. The calculator runs in your browser; nothing is sent until you press the button.

What this is and is not. This is an estimate of what your current operation costs you, built from figures you entered. It is not a forecast of savings, a guarantee, or a quote. Businesses differ, and the only numbers that matter in yours are the ones you measure. The book explains where each figure comes from and how to measure it properly.