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CX Agent business-case worksheet

Estimate the value of handling eligible service requests, while keeping quality and operating costs visible.

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Planning worksheet. Any notes typed here stay in this page and are not sent to Briano or saved after you close it. Use Print / save as PDF to keep a copy.

1. Set the inputs

Keep the volume and cost period consistent. Use a decimal for each share, for example 50% = 0.50. Loaded hourly cost can include salary and the employment costs your team normally includes.

InputDefinitionYour valueEvidence / confidence
Monthly eligible requestsRequests in the agreed workflow, excluding work out of scope.
Current minutes per requestMeasured baseline, including follow-up.
Expected resolution shareA planning assumption to validate in the pilot, not a guaranteed rate.
Remaining review minutesAverage human effort for each request counted as resolved.
Loaded hourly costUse the same cost basis throughout the model.

2. Estimate capacity, then value

Monthly capacity hours = eligible requests × resolution share × (baseline minutes − remaining review minutes) ÷ 60

Illustrative monthly capacity value = capacity hours × loaded hourly cost

Capacity is not automatically cash savings.

Time released may support more demand or higher quality. Count a cash saving only when the underlying cost can actually be removed. Validate the assumptions in your pilot.

3. Include the full cost

Count each cost once. If review time is already included in the remaining minutes above, do not subtract that same labour cost again here.

Cost itemOne-time costMonthly costAssumptions
Product and usage
Integration and implementation
Internal setup and training
Review, monitoring and support
Other agreed costs

Illustrative monthly net value = capacity value − recurring costs − one-time costs spread over your chosen evaluation period

4. Check quality alongside efficiency

If a request is only partially assisted, model that group separately with its measured time reduction. Avoid counting the same request twice.

5. Compare scenarios

Use a conservative, working and optimistic assumption set. Record the inputs that matter most and the evidence needed to improve them.

ScenarioCapacity hoursTotal costNet valueKey uncertainty
Conservative
Working assumption
Optimistic

Indicative planning tool only. This is not a price, a quote or a performance forecast from Briano.

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