The Business Case

摘要

His company's warehouse was in dire need of automation. Too many manual steps were required to log in and track the trailer hitches and towing gear made by his company, Valley Industries in Lodi, Calif. All the company needed was a bar-coding system that could help warehouse workers track inventory more easily. But his boss's boss, the chairman, wanted hard numbers to back up Yagley's hunch. He demanded to see a return-on-investment analysis that would show the project pay for itself in 12 months or less. Yagley, the director of IT, crunched the numbers, delivering an ROI worksheet that showed full payback for the $170,000 project in 11 months. Mission accomplished!