JUSTIFICATION TEST FOR AN AIRTUBE SYSTEM

1.                    How long does a round trip take from point “A” to point “B”?  Check actual time and put in some allowance due to interference and diversions.

_________________ minutes

2.         How many trips are taken each day?  If you expect volume to increase in time, it should be averaged here.  How many trips would be made if the Airtube system was used?  Do your people wait to let things stack up before making a trip?  What else would it be used for ?  i.e., copies, change, etc.  How much time is taken away from other people’s jobs by the messenger talking about    “off the subject” items?  What do your customers think when they have to wait while paper is being hand-carried back and forth to be processed?

_________________ trips per day

3.         What is the average hourly wage of persons making the trip?  Company burden and overhead needs to be considered.

$________________ per hour

4.         Total all hours and multiply times hourly wage for one year period.  Note here that wages will increase over the coming years.

$________________ per year

5.         Check this amount against the total cost of the Airtube system.

$________________ (insert Airtubes quoted price here)

6.         Airtube system pays for itself in (divide #5 by #4 and multiply by 12) =

_________________ months

7.                    Additionally, an Airtube System

* Does not take vacations

* Is never late for work

* Does not take coffee breaks

* Moves at 30 feet per second

* Does not ask for a raise