Interactive tools
Practical tools for understanding, evaluating and improving systems.
Three free calculators based on the methods behind our process, automation and data services. Each explains its method and its limits, and runs entirely in your browser.
- What it does
Calculates the capacity of each step in a process and identifies the constraint that limits output.
Who it is forOperations managers, business owners and anyone running a multi-step process.
A process can only move as fast as its slowest step. Improving any other step adds cost without adding output.
- What it does
Estimates the hours per year spent on a repetitive task and how much of that time automation could return.
Who it is forTeams weighing up whether a manual, repetitive task is worth automating.
Small tasks repeated every week add up. Quantifying the time makes the automation decision a factual one.
- What it does
Fits a linear trend to a series of values, reports how well it fits and projects it forward.
Who it is forAnyone tracking a measure over time — sales, output, costs or usage — who wants a first forecast.
Seeing the underlying direction, and how reliable it is, is the first step before any detailed modelling.
About these tools
The tools give a first, quantified view of a problem. They use simplified models and state their assumptions, so treat the results as a starting point for a decision rather than a full analysis. Nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere.