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30% Reductionin Labour Times

Manta Marine

At a glance

The wins for Manta Marine

30%
Reduction in labour hours per job
Live
Budgeted vs. actual time on every task
Mission-critical
To profitability

Manta Marine swapped manual tracking for live visibility of every task — labour hours per job dropped 30% immediately, and they say costs would jump straight back if they turned the system off.

From manual tracking to live data

Manta Marine replaced manual tracking with Empower to get a real-time picture of the workshop floor. Staff could see budgeted versus actual time on every task as they worked, instead of hearing about variances at the end of the week.

An immediate 30% drop

Within weeks, labour hours per job had dropped 30%. The team weren't working any harder — they were just seeing the data that had always been there, and acting on it in real time.

A system they can't switch off

Manta Marine now considers Empower mission-critical. They estimate their costs would jump 30% the moment they turned it off — a measure of how deeply the data-driven approach has become part of how they run.

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20–40%
Productivity increase

Faster jobs, greater workshop output — with the same overheads.

$5–$15k
Saved per month

Stop losing money to manual tracking and hidden inefficiencies.

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