1. EZ calculator: This is an EZ way to calculate the Labor Saving when using RocketSCAN. There are 3 EZ steps
a. Enter the number of applications your district processes annually
b. Enter the Labor Cost
c. Estimated number of application 1 person processes in a 7 hour day. (Remember that there is extensive filing time during and after the processing)
2. Detailed calculator: This calculator has different areas to enter historical data on the number of resources (employees) in each category (fulltime, temporary, and part-time) with a separate section for overtime.
a. 1st month processing applications; costs are dedicated to actual processing
1. Keying information into your Free and Reduced Software
2. Follow up on incomplete or application with missing information
3. Sorting
b. 2nd month of processing applications; costs are allocated to sorting and filing applications
3. Distributed Scanning Calculator: Districts found there is a cost associated with the time it takes an application to travel from child to central office for processing
a. If it takes 2 days to receive and process application, receiving as few as 70 applications will more than pay for the solution.
