Examples

What a first engagement looks like.

These are illustrative examples built from the processes we see most often. They are not client results. As our client work goes live, we'll replace them with real stories and real numbers.

Example · Job shop quotingManufacturing · Illustrative
The company
A contract fabricator with a few hundred employees and two estimators covering every quote.
Where time leaks
Estimators dig through old jobs, drawings and supplier prices for every request, and quotes stack up.
What we'd build
An assistant that pulls similar past jobs, routings and current material prices into a draft quote for the estimator to review.
What we'd measure
Quote turnaround time, quotes per estimator per week, and win rate.
Example · Retiring know-howManufacturing · Illustrative
The company
A machining plant where three senior setup techs hold most of the tribal knowledge.
Where time leaks
New operators wait on the same three people for answers, and setups take longer when they're out.
What we'd build
Recorded walkthroughs and existing documents turned into a searchable guide operators can ask at the machine.
What we'd measure
Setup time, interruptions to senior staff, and time for a new operator to run a job alone.
Example · Paper inspectionManufacturing · Illustrative
The company
A components manufacturer still recording inspections on paper sheets.
Where time leaks
Quality staff re-key sheets into spreadsheets, and trends show up weeks late.
What we'd build
Phone-photo capture that reads the sheets into structured data and flags out-of-tolerance results.
What we'd measure
Hours spent re-keying, time from inspection to alert, and data errors.
Example · Harvest dispatchAgribusiness · Illustrative
The company
An agribusiness running trucks between farms, elevators and processing sites.
Where time leaks
Dispatchers juggle calls, texts and spreadsheets during peak weeks, and exceptions get missed.
What we'd build
An assistant that gathers load requests and flags conflicts and late loads for the dispatcher to act on.
What we'd measure
Loads per dispatcher per day, missed or late loads, and overtime during peak.

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