====== Return on Investment ======

Economic analysis.

===== Cost Factors Without Gateway =====

  * Individual interfaces per system
  * Manual data exports (labor time)
  * Maintenance of various solutions
  * Error correction in manual processes

===== Savings with Gateway =====

^ Area ^ Savings ^
| Interface development | 60-80% |
| Manual exports | 90% |
| Report creation | 50% |
| Error correction | 70% |

===== Example Calculation =====

**Without Gateway:**
  * 10 interfaces at 5,000 EUR = 50,000 EUR
  * Annual maintenance: 10,000 EUR

**With Gateway:**
  * One-time: 10,000 EUR (incl. setup)
  * Annual maintenance: 2,000 EUR

**First year savings:** 38,000 EUR

===== Non-Monetary Benefits =====

  * Faster time-to-market
  * Better data quality
  * Higher employee satisfaction