Savings and
return on investment.
Improvements that no one has quantified will never appear in the accounting records. Module M06 links each project to its investment, annual savings, payback period, and a controlling signature—so the results of the improvement program can be justified to both management and auditors.
Module · M06 / Finance
Includes · Savings · CAPEX · ROI · Validation
Status · Production
Version · v4.2.0
— /01 — Savings Calculation
Hard and soft savings should be calculated according to a single methodology, not based on who did the calculations.
Savings are calculated based on actual inputs—time saved multiplied by the work center rate, reduction in scrap multiplied by the unit price, energy consumption, materials, and transportation. The rates are defined by the controlling department once and apply to the entire plant, so two identical improvements will never result in a different total.
hard saving
soft save
workstation rates
one-time vs. annual
MK2024_0008 — Savings Calculation
Annual savings · verified: €48,920
Hard: Reduced the cycle time by 41 seconds · 2 changes
/year
28,400
Hard: Decrease in error rate from 3.1% to 0.8%
/year
12,760
Lower compressed air consumption
/year
4,910
SoftErgonomics — Decline in Absenteeism
estimate
2,850
CI-FIN 2.1 Methodology · WLS05 rate: €34.20/h Conversion: automatic
— /02 — Investment and Return on Investment
How much did it cost, when did it pay off, and what are the long-term implications?
For each project, you track investments—materials, technology, outside work, and your team’s hours. Kaizen Tracker uses this data and verified savings to calculate the payback period, ROI, and cumulative benefits over time. Management thus makes decisions based on numbers, not gut feelings, and after a year, they can see if the projections were accurate.
CAPEX / OPEX
payback
ROI
Plan vs. Actual
MK2024_0008 — Return on Investment
Investment
€ 21,400
Return on Investment
5.2 months
ROI / 24 months
357 %
break-even
M1M4M8M12
— /03 — Validation by the Controlling Department
A savings is only valid once it has been confirmed by the finance department.
The calculation provided by the improvement proposer is a proposal, not a final result. Before the project is closed, it is approved by the department head and the controlling team—every change to the figures is logged with the author, time, and reason. Thus, only amounts that have been approved by someone are included in the report to management.
The 4-eyes principle
audit trail
Verification after 12 months
IFRS-compliant
MK2024_0008 — Approval of Cost Savings
Conversion entered by Marek Horský · Contributor June 12
Tested in the Workplace Veronika Borovicová · Lean Lead June 18
Validation by the Controlling Department—Daniela Brestová · Finance—Pending
Automatic re-verification after 12 months · June 2027—
— /04 — Savings Portfolio
One number per race, per year, for the entire group.
Verified savings are compiled into a consolidated report—by plant, category, team, and time period. You can see where the program is delivering the most value, which plants are lagging behind, and how much of the annual target has already been realized in the financial statements. Export to XLSX or directly to Power BI and SAP.
consolidation
achievement of the objective
race benchmark
SAP / Power BI Export
Savings Portfolio — FY2026
Verified YTD
€ 2.84M
In the pipeline
€ 1.36M
Achievement of the Goal
71 %
Reducing confusion: €940k
Cycle timereduction: €762k
Energy and Media€524k
Materials and Waste€391k
Maintenance and Downtime€223k
— / Why Does It Matter?
The improvement program stands or falls
on the credibility of the numbers.
When everyone calculates savings differently and no one verifies them retrospectively, management stops trusting the numbers—and the budget for improvements is the first to disappear. The M06 module acts as a safeguard against this: one methodology, one signature, one report.
— / Other platform modules
Savings are the result. This is the path to them.
/ M01 — Core
Continuous Improvement
The Life Cycle of a Kaizen Project — From Identification to Archiving Success.
Open
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/ M03 — Teams
Collaboration and Culture
Project groups, Saving Championship, points for ideas and involvement.
Open
→
/ Integrations
38 native connectors
SAP, Workday, Slack, Power BI, and more. REST APIs for everything else.
Open
→
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