Contract Or Ad-Hoc Comparator
This tool works out what a year of business supplies costs under three buying routes, a contract, a marketplace account, or ad-hoc buying from whichever shop or site is nearest. It uses only the figures you type in below. Everything runs in your browser: nothing is sent anywhere.
Your business
Headcount
Number of people in the business. Not used in the totals below, for your own reference only.
Current monthly spend on supplies
Your current spend, or a rough estimate, before any of the routes below are applied. Required.
Currency symbol
Optional, blank by default. This tool assumes no currency of its own.
Contract
Discount or uplift on current spend (%)
Negative for a discount, positive for an uplift: enter -10 if the dealer quoted a tenth below what you pay now. For a contract this is the figure the dealer quoted. Defaults to 0, editable.
Delivery cost per order
What this route charges to deliver one order. Defaults to 0, editable.
Orders per month
How many separate orders you expect to place this way each month. No default, required.
Staff minutes per order
Minutes to raise the order, check it in, and file the invoice: the "cost-in-use", the price plus the time and handling it takes to actually get the item to a desk. Defaults to 0, editable.
Staff hourly cost
What an hour of that staff member's time costs the business. No default, required.
One-off switching cost
Account set-up, credit application, moving standing orders. Zero is allowed. Defaults to 0, editable.
Fixed annual fee
Any membership or minimum-commitment charge. Zero is allowed. Defaults to 0, editable.
Marketplace
Discount or uplift on current spend (%)
Negative for a discount, positive for an uplift. For a marketplace this is the difference you see in the marketplace price when you order. Defaults to 0, editable.
Delivery cost per order
What this route charges to deliver one order. Defaults to 0, editable.
Orders per month
How many separate orders you expect to place this way each month. No default, required.
Staff minutes per order
Minutes to raise the order, check it in, and file the invoice: the "cost-in-use". Defaults to 0, editable.
Staff hourly cost
What an hour of that staff member's time costs the business. No default, required.
One-off switching cost
Account set-up, credit application, moving standing orders. Zero is allowed. Defaults to 0, editable.
Fixed annual fee
Any membership or minimum-commitment charge. Zero is allowed. Defaults to 0, editable.
Ad-hoc
Discount or uplift on current spend (%)
Negative for a discount, positive for an uplift. Defaults to 0, editable.
Delivery cost per order
What this route charges to deliver one order. Defaults to 0, editable.
Orders per month
How many separate orders you expect to place this way each month. No default, required.
Staff minutes per order
Minutes to raise the order, check it in, and file the invoice: the "cost-in-use". Defaults to 0, editable.
Staff hourly cost
What an hour of that staff member's time costs the business. No default, required.
One-off switching cost
Account set-up, credit application, moving standing orders. Zero is allowed. Defaults to 0, editable.
Fixed annual fee
Any membership or minimum-commitment charge. Zero is allowed. Defaults to 0, editable.
Annual cost comparison
