Cost of capital
Financed  $    10,000,000
Rate 6%
Months 120
Per mo. $111,021
Total  $    13,322,460
  Collator shifts/
 week
Workers/ collator shift Fully-burdened $/
 worker-hour
Hours/
shift
Operating cost $/
week
Savings/ week Time to break even 
(Weeks)   (Years)
Current conditions 31 10  $          45.00 7  $    97,650      
Simple projection 15 10  $          45.00 7  $    47,250  $ 50,400          264 5.1
Conservative projection 20 10  $          45.00 7  $    63,000  $ 34,650 384 7.4
Best-case projection 12 10  $          45.00 7  $    37,800  $ 59,850 223 4.3