# ERP Managed Services Savings Calculator: What Would Outsourcing Support Save?

> Source: https://netray.co/tools/erp-managed-services-savings-calculator
> Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems.
> Section: Free Tools

## Short answer

Model your current ERP support cost against a managed-services arrangement and see projected annual savings, savings percentage, and three-year impact.

## Category

erp-operations

## Tool

**Kind:** calculator

**Inputs:**

#### Internal FTEs supporting the ERP

**Key:** internal_ftes

**Type:** number

**Default:** 3

**Min:** 0

**Max:** 30

**Step:** 0.5

**Unit:** FTE

**Help:** Count fractions for shared roles. Include admins, developers, and analyst time spent on support.

#### Average loaded cost per FTE

**Key:** avg_fte_loaded_cost

**Type:** number

**Default:** 125000

**Min:** 50000

**Max:** 300000

**Step:** 5000

**Unit:** USD/yr

**Help:** Base salary plus 25-40% for benefits and overhead. ERP specialists load higher than general IT.

#### Annual external consultant and break-fix spend

**Key:** external_spend

**Type:** number

**Default:** 60000

**Min:** 0

**Max:** 2000000

**Step:** 5000

**Unit:** USD/yr

**Help:** Hourly consulting, emergency fixes, and retainers outside any managed contract.

#### Annual support tooling and infrastructure spend

**Key:** tooling_spend

**Type:** number

**Default:** 25000

**Min:** 0

**Max:** 500000

**Step:** 2500

**Unit:** USD/yr

**Help:** Monitoring tools, ticketing, backup software, and training attributable to ERP support.

#### Required support coverage

**Key:** coverage_factor

**Type:** select

**Default:** 1

**Help:** Broader coverage windows raise managed-services pricing but cost far more to staff internally.

**Options:**

##### Business hours (8x5)

**Value:** 1

##### Extended hours (12x5 or 8x7)

**Value:** 1.15

##### Around the clock (24x7)

**Value:** 1.35

#### Share of support workload to shift

**Key:** managed_pct

**Type:** slider

**Default:** 70

**Min:** 20

**Max:** 100

**Step:** 5

**Unit:** %

**Help:** Most manufacturers co-source 60-80%, retaining business-analyst and process-owner roles in house.

**Outputs:**

#### Current annual support cost

**Key:** current_annual_cost

**Expr:** internal_ftes * avg_fte_loaded_cost + external_spend + tooling_spend

**Format:** currency

**Description:** Internal staff at loaded cost plus external spend plus tooling.

#### Projected annual cost with managed services

**Key:** projected_managed_cost

**Expr:** current_annual_cost - current_annual_cost * managed_pct / 100 + current_annual_cost * managed_pct / 100 * 0.72 * coverage_factor

**Format:** currency

**Description:** Retained in-house share plus the managed-services fee for the shifted share, priced at typical market efficiency and adjusted for coverage.

#### Projected annual savings

**Key:** annual_savings

**Expr:** max(0, current_annual_cost - projected_managed_cost)

**Format:** currency

**Description:** Current cost minus projected cost. Providers typically deliver the shifted workload at 25-30% below in-house cost through specialization and automation.

**Primary:** true

#### Savings as a share of current spend

**Key:** savings_pct

**Expr:** annual_savings / max(current_annual_cost, 1) * 100

**Format:** percent

**Description:** Industry experience with ERP managed services typically lands between 15 and 30 percent.

**Primary:** true

#### Three-year cumulative savings

**Key:** three_year_savings

**Expr:** annual_savings * 3

**Format:** currency

**Description:** Straight-line three-year impact, before any additional automation gains compound.

**Disclaimer:** Estimates only. Actual managed-services pricing depends on environment complexity, customization depth, and SLA terms; treat the output as a planning range, not a quote.

## Content

**Intro:** This free ERP managed services savings calculator models what shifting part or all of your ERP support workload to a managed-services provider would save: your current all-in cost, the projected cost under a co-sourced arrangement, the savings percentage, and the three-year impact. It is designed for CFOs and IT directors at manufacturers running Infor SyteLine, LN, or Baan who are weighing managed services against hiring, backfilling, or continuing with ad hoc consultants. Six inputs you can pull from payroll and accounts payable produce a planning-grade number in two minutes, calibrated to how ERP managed services actually price in the mid-market.

**Sections:**

#### How the savings model works

**Body:** The calculator first totals your current cost: internal FTEs at loaded cost, external consultant spend, and support tooling. You then choose what share of that workload shifts to the provider; the model prices the shifted portion at 72 percent of your in-house cost for the same work, reflecting the 25-30 percent efficiency that specialized providers typically achieve through shared benches, deep product familiarity, and automation, then adjusts for your required coverage window, since 24x7 support costs providers more but costs internal teams far more still. The retained share stays at your current cost. With the defaults (three FTEs, typical external and tooling spend, 70 percent shifted at business-hours coverage), the model projects roughly 90,000 USD in annual savings, about 20 percent of current spend.

#### Where managed-services savings actually come from

**Body:** The savings are structural rather than rate arbitrage, which is why they persist past the first contract year. Understanding the sources helps you judge whether a given provider can genuinely deliver them.

**Bullets:**

- Shared specialist benches replace the fixed cost of skills you need occasionally (DBA, integration, legacy Baan) but must otherwise employ or buy at premium hourly rates
- Product-specialized teams resolve tickets faster; deep SyteLine or LN familiarity routinely cuts resolution effort 30-50 percent versus generalists
- Automation and AI agents absorb repetitive tier-one work (access requests, routine data fixes, monitoring) that consumes a third of typical internal team hours
- Elimination of turnover cost: recruiting, six-month ramp time, and emergency contractor coverage between hires disappear from your budget

#### Interpreting your result and stress-testing it

**Body:** A projected savings of 15-30 percent is the credible band; treat numbers outside it with suspicion in both directions. If your result is small or zero, check whether your current cost is understated, since undercounted fractional FTEs and scattered consultant invoices are the usual culprits, or whether you selected 24x7 coverage you do not actually need. Remember also what the savings figure excludes: the option value of redeploying retained staff onto improvement projects, the avoided cost of the next resignation, and SLA-backed response times you currently do not have. Conversely, budget for transition: expect a one-time onboarding investment of roughly one to two months of the annual fee, and structure the contract so documented knowledge transfer is a deliverable.

#### How Netray delivers the number

**Body:** Netray provides fixed-fee managed services for SyteLine, LN, and Baan built around the co-sourcing pattern this calculator models: we take the workload that benefits from specialization and automation, you retain the process ownership that benefits from proximity to the business. Our on-prem AI agents are the differentiator in the economics; they automate the repetitive ticket categories inside your firewall, which is how we sustain pricing below in-house cost without offshoring quality risk. Engagements start with a two-week support teardown that validates the calculator's assumptions against your actual ticket data, so the savings figure you take to the CFO is built from your environment, not industry averages.

**Cta:** Model the co-sourcing math in two minutes and see whether your next ERP hire should be a headcount or a contract.

**Faq:**

#### Is 15-30 percent savings realistic, or sales math?

**Answer:** It is realistic when the provider is genuinely specialized in your ERP and the arrangement shifts enough workload for shared-bench economics to work. The savings come from structural sources: faster resolution through product depth, automation of repetitive tickets, and eliminating turnover and scarce-skill contractor premiums. Be skeptical of quotes promising much more than 30 percent, which usually signal scope gaps or offshore models that trade savings for resolution quality on complex manufacturing issues.

#### Should we outsource all ERP support or keep some in house?

**Answer:** Most manufacturers get the best outcome co-sourcing 60-80 percent: the provider takes administration, break-fix, monitoring, patching, and development capacity, while the company retains one or two business analysts who own processes, priorities, and institutional context. Fully outsourcing works for smaller organizations without critical mass for any internal role; fully insourcing works only when you can genuinely staff, retain, and continuously train the full skill spread, which few mid-market firms can.

#### What should be in the contract to protect the savings?

**Answer:** Four things matter most: a fixed monthly fee with defined ticket scope so savings do not erode through change orders; response and resolution SLAs by severity, with credits; a named team rather than an anonymous queue, since continuity drives the efficiency the pricing depends on; and exit provisions guaranteeing documentation and knowledge transfer. Also require quarterly reporting on ticket volumes and automation rates, so you can verify the structural savings are actually materializing.

## Search terms

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