Inefficiency Cost Calculator
📌Example: How Inefficiency Impacts a Growing Franchise
Take the case of BeanBurst Coffee, a fast-expanding specialty café brand.
At headquarters, 6 team members handle franchise development. Across the network, 12 new cafés are under construction, each supported by 2 local staff managing openings, reporting, and standards. That’s 30 people involved in expansion activities.
Without a structured project-management system, every person loses 1 hour per week on avoidable tasks — waiting for updates, searching for documents, or rebuilding status reports.
✅ Total wasted time:
30 hours per week → 1,560 hours per year ⏳
✅ Estimated financial impact:
$780/week → Over $40,000/year 💸
Based on an average salary of $4,500/month, the hourly rate is approx. $25.96.
This is the hidden cost of disorganization — multiplied across locations, teams, and months of development. With the right structured system, those hours shift from “lost” to high-value work that accelerates openings and strengthens brand performance.