Automation
Automate the process. Not the person.
AI is an amazing technology, but it has its limitations. It is great for some things and terrible for others. It can be hard to know which is which with all the buzz around AI. Through first hand experience and a lot of testing, we think the best use of AI systems is to automate the boring and tedious tasks that need to be done before human taste or judgment is applied.
Our focus is to automate that work and free up your time for more important things.
The work we like to automate
We use your knowledge of your own workflows to identify pain points and time consuming tasks that are good candidates for automation. We look for work that happens often, follows a repeatable pattern, can be validated, and has a measurable impact on the business.
Our systems gather the information you need to do your job so that your job is no longer gathering that information yourself. We present it in a clean and organized way so you can use your knowledge and skill to shape it into the final result.
- Digitizing records
- Transform paper documents, scans, PDFs, and old files from a pile of mismatched documents into organized records that you can find and use easily.
- Data entry
- Move information between forms, spreadsheets, databases, and other systems. Validate that the information was moved faithfully and reliably.
- Compiling information
- Gather information from different sources and put it together for reports. Spend your time understanding the information instead of collecting it.
- Organizing information
- Connect the dots between documents by adding metadata tags and recording relationships between them. Find documents later using those tags and relationships.
- Review and monitoring
- Go through large volumes of data to identify important details and bring them to the attention of a human quickly.
- Basic bookkeeping
- Process receipts and invoices. Reconcile records. Categorize transactions. Automate routine transaction entries and bring unusual activity to your attention.
AI is not always the solution
One of the most important services we provide is telling you when you do not need AI.
Many business processes can be automated with normal software. We will build the simple and reliable solution when that is the case.
AI adds cost and complexity. We will only recommend AI as a solution if it provides a clear and measurable benefit.
AI is not magic and cannot do everything. You should not be paying for AI because it is new or because everyone is talking about it. You should be paying for a system that solves your problem.
Built around your work
We do not have a single AI product, and we will not ask you to change your workflow to fit our system. We start with the process that is taking up your time.
We learn how that work gets done, what a correct result looks like, how we can validate that it was done correctly, and where a person needs to make a decision. Then we automate the work up until that point.
Keep people where they matter
We do not think AI should replace the people who understand your business. We also do not think AI can completely replace work that requires human oversight, business judgment, or aesthetic taste.
AI should free up the people who understand your business to make more of the decisions that help you and your company succeed. They should be making those decisions, working with customers, and doing the things that need human experience.
Computers can handle more of the boring stuff.
Book with us
If recurring busywork is eating the time of the people who understand your business, tell us about the process. We will tell you whether it is a good fit for automation.
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