Accenture report: measure AI ROI with 'useful work per dollar'
A new metric – useful work per dollar – replaces vague AI ROI talk.
Deep Dive
Enterprises can manage AI investments in the agentic era by measuring useful work per dollar, improving efficiency, and scaling high-value workflows.
Key Points
- Key metric: useful work per dollar (UWP$) replaces vague ROI
- 3-step process: audit baseline UWP$, find bottlenecks, scale only 4x+ workflows
- Case study: manufacturing scaled 10x in agents, cut cycle time 60%, cost grew only 25%
Why It Matters
Gives CFOs and AI leaders a repeatable, data-driven way to justify and scale agentic AI spend.