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Reports per year, hours per report, people involved, hourly rate. One number for your Finance Director, and what it becomes when owners update the system instead of the deck.
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Example — a mid-size city (illustrative). 12 reports a year × 22 hours × 4 people × $68 loaded rate = $71,808 a year spent on manual reporting, or 1,056 hours. At a 90% reduction when owners update the system directly, the same reporting costs $7,181.
| Input | Example value |
|---|---|
| Reports per year | 12 |
| Hours per report | 22 |
| People involved | 4 |
| Loaded hourly rate | $68 |
| Reduction when owners update the system | 90% |
| Annual cost today | $71,808 |
| Annual cost, automated | $7,181 |
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- Reports per year
- Hours per report
- People involved
- Loaded hourly rate
- Reduction when owners update the system
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52.0%
of 10,046,276 status records carry no result · Jan 2026
61.9%
of named owners never wrote a status update · n = 55,222
40 h → 20 min
one person’s monthly reporting time at Southern Ohio Medical Center after centralizing 400+ scorecards — client statement
128
measures the median organization reports on, across 15 scorecards · 300+ organizations · Sept 2026
ClearPoint platform data · 2026 snapshots · SOMC figure: client statement
Reports per year × hours per report × people involved × loaded hourly rate. A mid-size city producing 12 packets a year at 22 hours each with 4 people at $68 an hour spends $71,808 a year — 1,056 hours — rebuilding the same numbers. Change any input; the number is yours, not a vendor claim.
Case studies
Published ClearPoint customer stories, matched to this tool.
Healthcare · 211-bed hospital, 40+ clinics
Staff filled Excel cells by hand with data from payor claims, patient surveys and registries, and struggled to show regulators how the performance improvement plan was executed.
Leaders helped design their own dashboards, the rollout went in phases, and the Data Loader now fills more than 400 scorecards, including individual dashboards for 200+ providers.
40 hours a month down to 15-20 minutes
One person used to spend 40 hours a month moving data. Frontline staff now see where results fall short and when to start an improvement project.
Healthcare · 198-bed Level III trauma center
Aging software had no dashboard view, and a single report took half a day to build and format for committee meetings.
The data team gave every department its own scorecard in ClearPoint, with calculations automated and managers keeping their own metrics up to date.
89% less time on management reports
Build time for new reporting requirements improved by 83%, and accreditation audits now run from metrics already organized in ClearPoint.
Media · UK content publisher
Two people spent four days a month on meetings with about 20 senior leaders and manual updates to Excel roadmaps of up to 200 rows.
From March 2017, projects and milestones moved into ClearPoint, then KPIs, with the Data Loader, automatic calculations and red-alert summary reports. Board meetings now run from the platform.
75% less board meeting preparation
Report preparation fell from four days to eight hours a month, and each business exports its pre-read in 10 to 15 minutes.
Why the deck costs what it costs
Because the same numbers are collected again every cycle. Nothing between two meetings asks a specific person for a specific number, so someone chases forty people by email, re-types what comes back, and formats it the week before the council meets. Across the ClearPoint platform, 52.0% of 10,046,276 status records carry no result, and 61.9% of named owners never wrote a status update — which is exactly why the analyst does it for them, by hand.
The report generates itself from the measures owners already update. Southern Ohio Medical Center reported one person going from 40 hours a month to 15–20 minutes after centralizing 400+ scorecards — a client statement, not a platform metric. The calculator’s automated scenario uses a reduction you set; the default is 90%.
This number is yours, not a vendor claim. Put it in front of your Finance Director.
This is a cost calculator: it prices what you spend today and what the same reporting costs when the collection loop disappears. It does not price software, and it applies no benchmark to your result.
Customer stories on this page
Southern Ohio Medical Center · San Juan Regional Medical Center · DC Thomson Media
Yes. Change any input and read the result without an account. Email is asked only when you export the business case.
A CSV of your inputs and result, and a printable one-page business case for your Finance Director.
It is the assumption the calculator uses for the automated scenario. Southern Ohio Medical Center reported going from one person spending 40 hours a month to 15–20 minutes after centralizing 400+ scorecards in ClearPoint — you can set your own reduction.
Use a loaded rate (salary plus benefits) if you want the true cost. The default of $68 is a placeholder — change it to yours.
Because the same numbers are re-collected, re-typed and re-formatted every cycle. Across the ClearPoint platform, 52.0% of status records carry no result — the deck gets rebuilt anyway.
ClearPoint platform data, January and September 2026 snapshots; the SOMC figure is a client statement published on clearpointstrategy.com.
Method
The calculator multiplies your four inputs; no benchmark is applied. The 90% default reduction is an assumption you control, anchored on a published client statement (SOMC).
10,046,276 status records (keyword flag, a floor) and 55,222 owned metrics, January 2026; 300+ organizations, September 2026.