Keywords: Budget calibration, ROI calculation, SME manufacturing

Small-to-medium enterprises often overpay for unnecessary precision. Optimize costs with:

• Tiered Calibration Plans:

• Tier 1 (Mission-critical): ±0.02% accuracy, quarterly checks.

• Tier 3 (Non-critical): ±0.1% accuracy, annual checks.

• ROI Formula:
  $\text{ROI}=\frac{\text{Cost of Downtime Avoided}-\text{Calibration Cost}}{\text{Calibration Cost}}\times 100\mathrm{\%}$
  Example: A food packaging plant saved $120k/year by implementing tiered calibration.