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تكاليف إعادة العمل بسبب أخطاء المواصفات
AED 2,000-10,000 per major rework job (reprint + rush fees); 2-5% of project costs lost to quality failures.Poorly prepared print files cause rejections, holds, or defective outputs requiring reprints, directly increasing costs in the vendor coordination process.
خسارة الإنتاجية من التأخير اليدوي وعدم الرؤية (Capacity Loss from Manual Billing Delays)
AED 20,000–50,000 annually (260–520 billable hours at AED 75–100/hour lost to manual invoicing)Manual invoice creation from time sheets requires: (1) Designers exporting time data; (2) Project manager reconciling time vs. project scope; (3) Finance team creating invoice in separate system; (4) Client approval cycle; (5) Payment processing delays. Each step introduces 1–3 day delays. For a 15-person studio invoicing 20–30 clients/month, this overhead consumes 6–10 billable hours/week from finance/admin staff.
الإفراط في ساعات العمل والعمل الإضافي غير المكتشف (Untracked Overtime & Wage Overpayment)
AED 30,000–100,000 annually per 10–20 person design studio (untracked overtime + wage disputes + WPS penalties)Without integrated time tracking, design teams cannot accurately calculate overtime hours or verify compliance with UAE labor law (48-hour work week ceiling). Common losses: (1) Overtime paid but not deducted from billable project hours, inflating labor costs; (2) Designers working unpaid overtime due to unclear project scopes, creating burnout and turnover; (3) WPS violations when time records don't match payroll submissions; (4) Back-pay claims from employees alleging underpaid overtime.
تسرب الإيرادات من خلال الساعات غير المفوترة (Unbilled Hours Revenue Leakage)
AED 50,000–150,000 annually for 10–20 person design studio (8–12% revenue leakage on typical AED 1.2–2M annual design revenue)Design teams using manual timesheets or disconnected spreadsheets fail to capture all billable hours. Typical scenario: Designer works on client revisions outside tracked project hours, or time entries are logged but not matched to invoices before payment deadline. Result: Revenue recognized in ledger does not match invoiced amounts, creating compliance risk with FTA and potential VAT adjustment notices.