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How much is your agency losing to rework?

Adjust the 6 parameters below to match the reality of your operation. The calculator estimates the hidden monthly and annual cost of rework, meetings, and approvals that get sent back.

Your operation

10
R$ 7.500
22%

Benchmark: agencies without governance fall between 18% and 30%.

8h
4

Healthy: up to 2 rounds. Beyond that = hidden rework.

25

Your estimated loss

Annual hidden cost
R$ 745.538
R$ 62.128 per month
Rework (387h/month)R$ 27.225/month
Internal meetingsR$ 24.356/month
Approvals sent back (150h)R$ 10.547/month
Team capacity lost
38%
= 3.8 people dedicated to running in place

What this number means in practice

Healthy zone
< 12%

Productive team, clear processes. Healthy portfolio margin. Keep monitoring.

Caution zone
12-25%

Critical rework hotspots. Without action, it becomes a problem. Time for formal governance.

Critical zone
> 25%

Operation destroys margin every month. Equivalent to having 1/4 of the team unpaid. Refactor the process urgently.

Where rework leaks most (and what to do)

Vague briefing

Root cause: Client "explains" in a 30-min call, with no structured document.

How to fix it: Adopt a canonical briefing with 8 mandatory questions. No briefing = no start.

Approval by committee

Root cause: 4-5 stakeholders reviewing each asset. Each one requests a different change.

How to fix it: Define ONE final approver per client. Others give input BEFORE, not after.

Lack of versioning

Root cause: File "v_final_3_REAL.psd". The team delivers the wrong version. Redo it.

How to fix it: Automatic versioning on the deliverable. Immutable history. Who approved and when.

Briefing that changes mid-project

Root cause: Client "remembers" something midway through the project. The team redoes it, with no extra fee.

How to fix it: Explicit clause: a change after X = a new work order. Healthy friction.

Client deadline pressure

Root cause: "I needed it yesterday" → work that skips QA standards → rework.

How to fix it: Documented SLA by deliverable type. Urgency = a 35-50% surcharge.

How to reduce this number with Centriu

Most of the hidden cost comes from processes without an audit trail. The modules target exactly where the friction lives:

Run

Mandatory structured briefing, automatic versioning, SLA by deliverable type. Immutable approval trail.

Care

Consumer support desk: official WhatsApp and e-mail in a single queue, with protocol numbers, owners and SLA — no side conversation nobody can find later.

Gauge

Managerial finance, from the reconciled statement to margin per client — this is where you see which account has stopped being profitable.

Vesper

Canonical briefing structured around frameworks (PESTLE, ICP, etc.). The client delivers formal context before the project begins.

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