Possible Growth · SME Advisory ROI Calculator
Is advisory an expense?
Or is doing nothing the real cost?
Every SME owner has the same first thought: "Consultants are an expense." This calculator turns that around. It shows how fast fixing your bottlenecks pays back. Our assumptions are conservative and every one is shown.
An expenseMoney goes out and nothing comes back. Cutting it improves profit.
An investmentMoney goes out and more comes back. Delaying it costs you profit.
The testOur clients typically recover their full advisory investment in 24 to 30 months, and larger businesses sooner. After that, every month is pure gain.
Your business
Move the sliders to match your business. Estimates are fine.
Size
Cash stuck in the business
On average, how long customers take to pay you
Raw material, WIP and finished goods held, in days of consumption
Operations and people
As a % of material and production cost
Chasing payments, approvals, follow-ups, resolving disputes
What we assume
Your advisory investment is recovered in
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Recovered by
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Pure gain from
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and every month after that
Your first 36 months
Month 1Month 36
The opportunity cost of doing nothing
Bottlenecks don't wait. Every month you delay pushes your recovery, and everything after it, one month further away.
Start now
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Wait 3 months
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Wait 6 months
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Wait 1 year
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- 1Profit you never see again. Sales you don't win, margin you don't earn, and money lost to slow collections, excess stock, rework and attrition can't be won back later. Every month you wait is gone for good.
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What drives your recovery
| Area | Today | Share of recovery |
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Working capital
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Cash that comes back into the business instead of sitting with customers or in stock.
Your time back
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How your business compares
The bigger the gap from a well-run SME, the more there is to fix, and the faster the investment pays back.
| Area | Yours | Well-run SME | Gap |
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Next step: confirm your recovery time against your actual books
These figures come from your estimates and general benchmarks. Adhyayan, our diagnostic, replaces them with your real data, department by department, so you know exactly where the bottlenecks are before you commit to anything more.
How this is calculated. Recovery time comes from our client engagements. For ₹5–25 Cr businesses, the advisory investment is typically recovered in 24–30 months. Above ₹25 Cr it comes sooner, falling to about 18–22 months at ₹100 Cr. Within that band, your result moves earlier when your debtor days, inventory days, rework, attrition and firefighting hours show bigger gaps against a well-run SME, because there is more to fix. Each area's share of recovery assumes sales +25%, net margin +3.5 points, 20% fewer debtor and inventory days, 35% less rework and 25% lower attrition. Results are indicative and not a guarantee. Actual results depend on your business and on how consistently changes are carried out.
© Possible Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. · Advising Indian SMEs since 1999
© Possible Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. · Advising Indian SMEs since 1999