Think You’re Overspending? Prove It in 120 Seconds
Why the MainStem ROI Calculator might be the most profitable two minutes of your week
The Silent Drain
Rush freight, duplicate POs and “just swipe it” credit-card buys feel small in the moment. Stack them for 30 days and they chew 5-15 % off EBITDA—yet most operators never see it coming.
The Real-World Cost
Across 200+ operators we benchmark, that blind spot adds up to $9K–$15K every month in avoidable loss:
- Price creep from off-contract suppliers
- Two full finance days lost to manual invoice matching
- Compliance panic when a COA is missing five minutes before an audit
You can’t fix what you can’t see.
One Calculator. Four Inputs. Zero Email.
- Monthly indirect spend
- Monthly cannabis spend
- Finance hours spent matching invoices to POs
- Number of licenses / locations
Hit Calculate and you get a line-item breakdown: hard-cost leak, labor drain, risk dollars and annual recovery potential—no hoops, no “book a demo” pop-up.
Before vs. After (Real Operator Perspective)
- Before — “We budgeted 4 % over last month—should be fine.”
- After — “We’re bleeding $11,400 on duplicate orders alone.”
- Before — Finance hunts PDFs for two days each close.
- After — Invoices auto-attach to POs; books close in hours.
- Before — Compliance risk is a guess.
- After — Exact dollar figure tied to every missing doc—easy to justify the fix.
Gut-Check Results
- A five-store chain in Massachusetts uncovered $9.8K/month in duplicate indirect orders—now tracking under $700.
- A multi-state grower found $14.2K/month in rush freight and price creep—slashed 88 % after tightening approvals.
“But Online Calculators Exaggerate…”
- Data set: live, anonymized PO data from 11 states
- Benchmarks: refreshed quarterly—no fluffy multipliers
- Transparency: we don’t even ask for your email; close the tab if the math feels off
Turn the Number Into Savings
- Run the 2-minute ROI Calculator → https://www.mainstem.io/roi
- Screenshot the result—keep us honest.
- Book a 20-minute walkthrough if you want the exact workflow fixes (or DIY; either way, you win).
Overspend isn’t a rounding error—it’s a choice, once you can see the number.
MainStem — Procurement & Supply Chain Redefined.
