Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Return on Investment
In Cisco TMS:
Reporting > Return on Investment
The
Return on Investment Global
and
Local
pages show you how much of your company's total
investments in video have been paid back in terms of savings on traveling costs over a defined period of
time.
time.
Only meetings lasting longer than the amount specified in
Administrative Tools > Configuration >
Statistics Settings
under Statistics ROI/CO2 Minimum Call Duration will be included in the calculation.
The default value is 60 minutes.
Calculating ROI
1. Set the start and end date of the calculation, starting with the date of the first telepresence hardware
purchase.
2. Specify the average number of participants joining a video meeting at each endpoint. The graph is
calculated by average traveling cost for every participant at N-1 endpoints.
3. Specify the average cost for one employee going on a business trip.
4. Enter the average cost of the video systems in your network (including infrastructure systems like
gatekeepers and MCUs).
5. Enter the average number of endpoints used per conference.
6. Click Calculate.
Method for calculation of ROI
The average number of participants that would have traveled will be calculated by multiplying the number of
participants per endpoint with the number of endpoints in a conference minus one. For example, if the
average number of participants in front of each endpoint is five, and the average number of endpoints is three,
then the average number of would be travelers is given by 5 * (3-1) = 10.
participants per endpoint with the number of endpoints in a conference minus one. For example, if the
average number of participants in front of each endpoint is five, and the average number of endpoints is three,
then the average number of would be travelers is given by 5 * (3-1) = 10.
The black line in the graph will show a calculation of the Average System Cost multiplied with the number of
systems in Cisco TMS. The green graph will show a calculation of the number of systems in calls in the
specified period, multiplied with the average number of participants that would have traveled, multiplied with
the average cost of a business trip for one employee.
systems in Cisco TMS. The green graph will show a calculation of the number of systems in calls in the
specified period, multiplied with the average number of participants that would have traveled, multiplied with
the average cost of a business trip for one employee.
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Reporting
Return on Investment