What the manual way actually costs.
One operation at a time, pulled apart and priced. Every figure is a transparent calculation on a representative business — not a named client — so you can re-run it against your own numbers. Each one comes with the worksheet.
The Cost of Outgrowing Linnworks: A £5M Multi-Channel Seller at the Tier Ceiling, Priced
A multi-channel retailer turning over £5M a year, five people in ops, 60,000+ SKUs, sat at the top of its platform tier. Priced out, staying there costs roughly £119,000 a year — licence, workaround labour and sync-lag oversells combined. Every input is shown so you can re-run it on your own numbers.
The Cost of Tracking Production on Paper: A 25-Person Maker, Priced
A small-batch manufacturer turning over £2.4M a year runs 25 staff and four workstations on paper job travellers. Priced out, the paper costs roughly £71,000 a year. Every input and every calculation is shown so you can re-run it on your own numbers.
The Cost of Not Knowing Your Job Margin: A £3M Job Shop, Priced
A £3M-a-year made-to-order engineering firm with four people quoting and costing around 220 jobs a year loses roughly £84,000 annually to job margin it cannot see until weeks after the job ships. This breakdown prices the three leaks and shows all of the arithmetic.
The Cost of Purchase Order Approval Delays: An £8M Multi-Site Operation, Priced
A multi-site manufacturer turning over £8M a year runs purchase approvals through email, across five approvers and 40 active suppliers. Priced out, the wait costs roughly £92,000 a year. Every input and every calculation is shown so you can re-run it on your own numbers.
The Cost of Running Inventory on Spreadsheets: 12,000 SKUs at a £6M Wholesaler, Priced
A £6M wholesale distributor runs 12,000 SKUs across two warehouses on one master stock workbook and six people. Priced honestly, the spreadsheet costs about £147,000 a year in admin time, stock errors and overstocked cash. Every figure is shown so you can re-run it on your own numbers.
The Cost of Overselling Across Channels: A £2M Multi-Channel Seller, Priced
A £2M multi-channel consumer goods seller running Shopify, Amazon and eBay on four people and 4,000 SKUs. Overselling costs it roughly £58,000 a year across cancellations, manual stock syncing and lost ranking. Every input is shown so you can re-run it on your own numbers.
The Cost of Manual Order Entry: A £4M Homeware Brand, Priced Line by Line
A £4M personalised-homeware brand selling on Shopify, Amazon and Etsy, run by seven people on an accounting package and three spreadsheets. Nothing is on fire, and nobody is doing anything wrong — yet manual order entry and the workarounds around it cost roughly £103,000 a year. Every figure is shown so you can re-run it against your own numbers.