{"id":7963,"date":"2026-09-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moosoftware.com\/?p=7963"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:52:03","slug":"how-do-you-calculate-the-business-case-for-replacing-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moosoftware.com\/fr\/how-do-you-calculate-the-business-case-for-replacing-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you calculate the business case for replacing Excel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7963\" class=\"elementor elementor-7963\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7e88bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c7e88bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ac7d2d elementor-widget 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4475a744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4475a744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Add up the hours your team spends on work that exists only because your systems are not connected, put a price on those hours, and add the cost of errors. Compare that with the cost of trading software: the subscription, onboarding and your own time to implement it. The result shows whether the switch pays for itself and how long that takes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"step-1-measure-the-hours\">Step 1: Measure the hours<\/h2>\n<p>Follow a few deals from contract to invoice and note every manual step for two weeks. Typical items:<\/p>\n<ul><li>Entering contracts and orders in more than one file or system<\/li><li>Updating the position overview by hand<\/li><li>Typing invoices in a separate invoicing or accounting package<\/li><li>Checking and correcting errors before invoices go out<\/li><li>Collecting figures from several files for the month-end close<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Measure instead of estimating. Most teams underestimate this work because it is spread across the day.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"step-2-put-a-price-on-the-hours\">Step 2: Put a price on the hours<\/h2>\n<p>Multiply the hours by the full cost per hour: salary plus employer costs. An example with illustrative figures, for a team of two traders, one logistics employee and one finance employee:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\"><thead><tr><th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;border-bottom:2px solid #013A4C\">Task<\/th><th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;border-bottom:2px solid #013A4C\">Hours per week<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">Entering contracts and orders twice<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">Updating the position by hand<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">2<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">Typing and checking invoices<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">Month-end close (8 hours per month)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">2<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<p>10 hours \u00d7 46 working weeks \u00d7 \u20ac50 per hour = <strong>\u20ac23,000 per year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"step-3-add-the-cost-of-errors\">Step 3: Add the cost of errors<\/h2>\n<p>Look at the last twelve months: credit notes for wrong invoices, quantities delivered twice or not at all, and deals with a lower margin than expected because a cost was missed. Even a few errors per year can add up to thousands of euros. See <a href=\"https:\/\/moosoftware.com\/why-do-dairy-traders-lose-money-on-deals-they-thought-were-profitable\/\">Why do dairy traders lose money on deals they thought were profitable?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"step-4-add-up-the-costs-of-switching\">Step 4: Add up the costs of switching<\/h2>\n<ul><li>The software subscription<\/li><li>Onboarding and data import<\/li><li>Your own team&#8217;s time for setup and training<\/li><li>A short period with some double work while you switch<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"step-5-calculate-the-payback-time\">Step 5: Calculate the payback time<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Payback time = one-off costs \/ (annual savings \u2212 annual subscription)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\"><thead><tr><th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;border-bottom:2px solid #013A4C\"><\/th><th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;border-bottom:2px solid #013A4C\">Your figures<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">Hours saved per year \u00d7 cost per hour<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">Cost of errors per year<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><strong>Annual savings<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">Annual subscription<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\">One-off costs (onboarding, own time)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><strong>Payback time in years<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<h2 id=\"what-to-watch-out-for\">What to watch out for<\/h2>\n<ul><li><strong>Only count time that actually goes away.<\/strong> Hours saved are worth money if they are used for other work, such as more deals or better follow-up.<\/li><li><strong>Don&#8217;t count on fewer people.<\/strong> For most small traders, the gain is growth without extra back-office staff, not a smaller team. See <a href=\"https:\/\/moosoftware.com\/how-do-small-dairy-trading-companies-scale-without-hiring-more-back-office-staff\/\">How do small dairy trading companies scale without hiring more back-office staff?<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Include what is hard to measure.<\/strong> Less dependence on one person, faster answers to customers and a clearer position are real benefits, even if you leave them out of the sum.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"the-business-case-and-moo-software\">The business case and Moo Software<\/h2>\n<p>Moo links contracts, orders, stock and invoices in one online system, so contracts and orders are entered once and invoices are created from orders. The position list updates with every contract, order and stock movement. All functionality is included and pricing is based on usage. 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