Return on investment (ROI) is essential for measuring business outcomes and justifying further investment. Earlier this year, we introduced the ROI Dashboard in Eiger, allowing users to automatically track the ROI of their Markforged investment. At that time, we assured you that this was "just the beginning" and committed to enhancing its functionality.
Today, we are excited to announce that the next phase is here! Continue reading to discover the new Assessed Part Spend calculator and the additional capabilities it brings to the ROI Dashboard.
Tracking ROI to Measure Business Success
Estimating ROI before purchasing a printer helps justify the investment. After a printer is purchased, it becomes important to measure and track the realized ROI to:
- Evaluate the initial purchase decision
- Quantify savings to make the case for increasing printer utilization
- Justify future printer purchases
The ROI tools in Eiger are built to measure and track realized ROI by comparing the costs to print parts on a Markforged printer to the costs to manufacture those same parts using alternate methods. Having these tools in Eiger makes tracking ROI easy because it replaces manual methods that require tedious analysis of part data and print history.
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