Resource Bandwidth Calculator
Quantify the hidden capacity drain of running legacy operations during an ERP migration.
Most organizations enter an ERP migration assuming their team can handle both: keep JDE running and participate in the build. The math rarely works. This calculator helps you quantify exactly how much capacity your core team is losing to legacy operations — and what that costs in delayed innovation and project risk.
The Burn Rate Formula
Team Size × 40 hrs/week × JDE KTLO % = Weekly Capacity Lost
Weekly Hours Lost × Hourly Rate × Project Duration = Hidden Financial Leakage
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Example — 5 SMEs, 12-Month Migration
- • 5 internal SMEs × 40 hrs × 60% JDE burden = 120 hours/week lost to legacy operations
- • 120 hrs × $100/hr × 4.33 weeks = $51,960/month in hidden overhead
- • 12 months × $51,960 = $623,520 in total hidden project cost
- • Your team is only 40% available for the migration build
- • At that utilization, a 12-month SI timeline becomes 20–24 months
Risk Factors Beyond the Math
Project Slippage
Distracted SMEs are the #1 cause of SI timeline delays. When the people the SI depends on are handling production incidents, design decisions get deferred, data validation gets skipped, and the build timeline extends.
Low Adoption
A team giving 20% attention to the new system produces "renters," not owners. If your core team only has marginal involvement in the build, they won't own the result — and post-go-live stabilization suffers.
Burnout & Attrition
Forcing top talent to maintain the past while building the future leads to departures during the most critical phase. The people with the deepest knowledge are the ones most likely to leave when the workload becomes unsustainable.
The Structural Fix
The bandwidth problem isn't solved by hiring more people — new hires take 6–12 months to become productive in a JDE environment. It's solved by structurally separating operations from transformation. One team owns production. One team owns the build. Neither competes for the other's capacity.
Allari provides the operations layer — full custody of JDE during migration so your core team can participate fully in the build. The deflationary cost model means operations get less expensive over time as root causes are eliminated, not more expensive as scope grows.
Want to run these numbers with real data from your environment? The Executive Diagnostic produces the capacity baseline your migration plan actually needs.