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Kapazitätsverlust durch manuelle Einschreibungsengpässe
20-40 hours/month administrative idle time or overtime during enrollment peaksProcessing time varies by school situation, with admissions once yearly, leading to queues and delayed capacity utilization during enrollment peaks.
Manuelle Rückerstattungsabwicklung – Bottleneck in Verwaltung und verlängerte Auszahlungsfristen
€25,000–€60,000/year in opportunity cost (FTE cost for 40–80 hrs/month admin @ €35–€50/hr blended); lost revenue from student churn (5–8% of refund applicants lodge complaints and bad reviews, reducing future enrollment by ~€10,000–€30,000/year across cohort).Manual refund processing involves: (1) Enrollment termination date verification (check university system + hardcopy form), (2) Fee breakdown analysis (€85 student services + €130 (new rate 2025/26) + semester ticket pro-rata calculation), (3) Eligibility determination (within 1-month window? Leaves of absence qualify? Visa rejection case?), (4) Bank account validation and fraud check, (5) Manual payment instruction to bank (SEPA transfer or reversal), (6) Ledger posting and reconciliation. Each step requires human touchpoint; no parallelization. Result: 50–100 withdrawals/month × 30–45 min per refund = 25–75 hours bottleneck. Delayed refunds → student escalations → CS team diverted → late follow-up on other collections.
Verpasste Einschreibungen durch verzögerte Registrierung
10-20% revenue loss per cycle from missed enrollments (typical industry churn for delayed processes)Enrollment processes vary by school with annual admissions at school year start, school-decided documents and deadlines causing delays in manual handling.
Kapazitätsverlust durch manuelle Abwesenheitsbearbeitung und Bottlenecks
5–15% institutional capacity loss = 40–60 hours/month per FTE × €40–60/hour (loaded salary cost) = €1,600–€3,600/month/FTE = €19,200–€43,200/year/FTE; plus 2–5% student attrition due to delayed intervention = €50,000–€200,000+ annual tuition revenue loss (depending on school size: 50–500 students × €5,000–20,000 annual tuition)Manual attendance workflows create cascading delays: (1) Parent absence reports arrive via phone/email; (2) Administrative staff must verify against manual records; (3) Discrepancies require follow-up calls (high touch, slow); (4) Exception handling (unauthorized absences, pattern warnings) is reactive, not proactive. This delays identification of students approaching funding suspension (BAföG: 30% unexcused absences = loss of eligibility). Schools miss intervention windows, leading to (a) student dropout, (b) lost tuition revenue, (c) regulatory compliance risk (underreporting attendance to funding bodies). Real-time automated systems flag patterns immediately, enabling same-day intervention.