IIoT, SCADA & Edge Connectivity worked example

IIoT ROI with iiot project cost of 312,500 $: a worked example

What does the result look like when iiot project cost reaches 312,500 $? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when you are screening an IIoT pilot or scaling a machine monitoring rollout against another digital project for the same capital, before writing the full business case.

The inputs for this scenario

  • IIoT project cost: 312,500 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 125,000)
  • Annual operating savings from connected data: 68,000 $ / yr (unchanged)
  • Annual platform and support cost: 14,000 $ / yr (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Net annual IIoT savings = annual operating savings - annual platform and support cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5.79 yr for iiot payback period, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 54,000 $ / yr for net annual iiot savings.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 312,500 $ for iiot project cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns -42,500 $ for five-year net iiot value.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where iiot project cost sits at 125,000 $ and the headline result is 2.31 yr, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 5.79 yr.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when iiot project cost is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It uses undiscounted payback and assumes steady savings — it does not capture data-quality ramp, model-tuning time, or the option value of having the data infrastructure for future use cases.

Results at a glance

  • IIoT payback period: 5.79 yr (headline result)
  • Net annual IIoT savings: 54,000 $ / yr
  • IIoT project cost: 312,500 $
  • Five-year net IIoT value: -42,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live IIoT ROI calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.