Industrial Cleaning, Washing & Parts Cleanliness worked example

Cleaning Process ROI with cleaning process improvement investment of 92,500 $: a worked example

This worked example runs the cleaning process roi numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: cleaning process improvement investment of 92,500 $ instead of the typical 185,000 $. Estimate payback period for a cleaning process improvement from investment, annual savings, and annual support cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Cleaning process improvement investment: 92,500 $ (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 185,000)
  • Annual cleaning process savings: 82,000 $ / yr (held at the documented default)
  • Annual process support cost: 18,000 $ / yr (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Net annual cleaning process savings = annual cleaning process savings - annual process support cost.
  • Cleaning process payback period works out to 1.45 yr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Net annual cleaning process savings works out to 64,000 $ / yr at these inputs.
  • Cleaning process improvement investment works out to 92,500 $ at these inputs.
  • Five-year net cleaning process value works out to 227,500 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where cleaning process improvement investment sits at 185,000 $ and the headline result is 2.89 yr, this scenario comes in 50% below the baseline at 1.45 yr.
  • Use it when scoping a new washing or parts-cleanliness system, or comparing a chemistry/process change against staying with the current line. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Cleaning process payback period: 1.45 yr (headline result)
  • Net annual cleaning process savings: 64,000 $ / yr
  • Cleaning process improvement investment: 92,500 $
  • Five-year net cleaning process value: 227,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Cleaning Process ROI calculator, set cleaning process improvement investment to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.