DICE Payback Analysis
Anyone looking at a DICE GT inkjet system will have a few financial questions before making a purchase decision. We will try to answer those questions for you here.
1.) What is the average total cost of a DICE GT system?
For a DICE GT system that prints 8.5" wide and employs the 4 process colors (CMYK) the average cost including training (but not installation) is $318,000 US.
2.) What is the average Payback of a DICE GT system?
This can vary from one customer to another but generally a DICE system will pay for the entire purchase price in less than a year. Here's how.
For the average 3-color job you run on a DICE GT you save the following:
- 3 plates: $195.00 @ $65.00 each
- Set-up: 240.00 2 hours @ $120/hr. No ink fountains, anilox rolls, plates to mount or registration
- Clean-up: 120.00 1 hour @ $120/hr. No fountains, plates or rollers to clean
Total: $555.00
If the average job is 40,000 3-color labels sized 2" x 2.5" the added inkjet ink cost over flexo water based inks will be $120.00 per job. Here the average savings per job is $435.00. If you run 3 jobs per day on the DICE GT unit it totals $6,525.00 savings per week.
$6,525 x 52 weeks = $339,300.00 cost savings per year.
If you run 4 DICE GT jobs per day the cost savings is $452,400.00 per year.If your average run is only 20,000 labels the saving go up: 3 jobs per day: $386,100.00
4 jobs per day: $514,800.00
If you run a lot of 4-color process jobs your savings go up even more than the illustrations above and the payback happens quicker.
Your situation will likely result in more or less savings. By inserting your numbers into the above equations you can obtain accurate savings numbers related to your exact operation. We will be glad to help you with this calculation.
3.) What are my payment options?
We do not rent DICE GT systems so they must be purchased or leased.
Leasing: If you lease a DICE GT system that costs $318,000 with nothing down for 5 years at 6.5% interest your monthly payment will be $6,222.00 per month. If you run your DICE GT system on just 1 job per day you will save more than the lease payment each month.
We would be glad to assist you with the leasing of a DICE GT.