ROI / Savings

Single Cambridge MD campus · matches THEIA_ROI_Model.xlsx · all figures est. until Stage 1 Monday pull

Manual operation

Annual · Cambridge MD only · est.

Production oversight payroll (loaded)$984.0Kest.

Energy spend$1.20Mest.

Crop loss (avoidable)$189.0Kest.

Quality / defect cost$90.0Kest.

Compliance ops cost$35.0Kest.

Annual total$2.50Mest.

With THEIA

Annual · Cambridge MD only · est.

recommended

Production payroll (post-reallocation)$620.0Kest.

Energy (-7%)$1.12Mest.

Crop loss (prevented)$0est.

Defects (reduced)$0est.

Compliance (automated)$0est.

THEIA platform (Y1)$215.0Kest.

Annual total$1.95Mest.

Labor saved

$364,000

~30–50% of repetitive labor pool · est.

Crop loss prevented

$189,000

grade × early-detection · est.

Energy optimization

$84,000

~7% of $1.2M spend · est.

Quality / defect saved

$90,000

mfg-line defect reduction · est.

Compliance saved

$35,000

compliance ops automation · est.

Cambridge MD rollup

Single Maryland campus · 4 retail stores out of scope

Gross annual savings$762.0Kest.

Platform Y1 (HW + SaaS)$215.0Kest.

Net Y1 savings$547.0Kest.

Payback3.4 moest.

Year-1 ROI2.5xest.

3-year net$1.83Mest.

Net annual benefitest.

$547.0K

Single Cambridge campus · payback in 3.4 months · Year-1 ROI 2.5x

Cumulative net savings · 36 months

Net of $95K hardware (one-time) + $120K/yr SaaS · est.

Lands at ~$1.83M cumulative net by month 36. Modeled against the canonical deck: $762K/yr savings − $120K/yr SaaS − $95K one-time hardware. Production basis ~4,500 lbs/yr at ~$1,400/lb.