OEE & Factory Performance worked example

IoT ROI Calculator with iiot platform investment of 37,500 $: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop iiot platform investment to 37,500 $, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate IoT monitoring payback from investment, annual savings, and support cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • IIoT platform investment: 37,500 $ (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 75,000)
  • Annual savings from IIoT: 52,000 $ / yr (held at the documented default)
  • Annual platform support cost: 8,000 $ / yr (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Payback = investment รท net annual savings.
  • IoT roi payback period works out to 0.85 yr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Net annual IoT roi savings works out to 44,000 $ / yr at these inputs.
  • IoT roi investment works out to 37,500 $ at these inputs.
  • Five-year net IoT roi value works out to 182,500 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where iiot platform investment sits at 75,000 $ and the headline result is 1.7 yr, this scenario comes in 50% below the baseline at 0.85 yr.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to iiot platform investment, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It treats savings as flat each year and ignores ramp-up time, data-quality issues, and the time value of money, so early-year returns are usually overstated.

Results at a glance

  • IoT roi payback period: 0.85 yr (headline result)
  • Net annual IoT roi savings: 44,000 $ / yr
  • IoT roi investment: 37,500 $
  • Five-year net IoT roi value: 182,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live IoT ROI Calculator calculator, set iiot platform investment to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.