Business Efficiency Assessment · 2 to 6 weeks

Business Efficiency Assessment

Find where your business loses time and money, and what AI automation and purpose-built software could do about it, before you build anything.

Free 30-minute call · Rated 4.9/5 on Clutch

The problem

The problem we solve

Most businesses can feel where time is being lost but can't put a number on it. Orders get retyped between systems, reports are built by hand every week, approvals sit in email, and nobody fully trusts the numbers. The assessment maps how the work really moves, finds the workarounds that never show up on an org chart, and ranks what is worth fixing by what it costs you today.

What we build

What the assessment covers

  • How the work really moves

    Every step, handoff and workaround in the workflows that matter, mapped with the people who do the work.

  • Where the hours go

    Time spent retyping, chasing, checking and rebuilding reports, measured so you can see what it costs.

  • Systems and connections

    What your ERP, CRM, accounting and other tools can share, and where data gets stuck between them.

  • Data you can trust

    Which numbers are missing, duplicated or conflicting, and what it takes to make reporting reliable.

  • Opportunities ranked by value

    What to automate, what to connect and what to build, ranked by what each is worth, with quick wins called out.

  • An initial scope

    A phased plan and a price range for the build, so you know what comes next and what it costs.

Pricing

Assessment pricing

The full fee counts toward your build. You keep the report and the initial scope whether or not you go ahead.

  • Focused

    One workflow or department, like order entry, client intake or scheduling

    $4,500

    2 to 3 weeks

    • The workflow mapped with the people who run it
    • Time and cost of the manual work, measured
    • Opportunities ranked by value, with quick wins
    • Initial scope and a price range for the build
  • Business-wide

    Several departments, and how work and data move between them

    $15,000

    4 to 6 weeks

    • Workflows mapped across departments and systems
    • Data and reporting reviewed end to end
    • Opportunities ranked by value across the business
    • Phased scope and a price range for each phase

Not sure which fits? Tell us about your project and we'll recommend one.

How it works

Assess, then build, then support

  1. Assess

    A Business Efficiency Assessment finds where time and money are lost and ends with an initial scope, and its fee counts toward the build. New products start with a prototype.

    Ways to start →
  2. Build

    Design comes first and finalizes the scope and screens, then the same team builds in phases.

    Our services →
  3. Support

    Monthly plans that keep your software running and improving after launch.

    Support plans →

Proof

Results from a real project

Worker in a safety vest holding a Zebra handheld scanner in a warehouse

City of Appleton · Government

Warehouse cycle counts with half the labor

A handheld cycle count app that halved the labor of warehouse inventory counts for the City of Appleton, on Zebra scanners.

Cycle counts now take about half the labor they used to

FAQs

Business Efficiency Assessment questions

What do we get at the end?

A written report and a walkthrough with your leadership team. It covers how the work moves today, where time and money are lost, the opportunities ranked by value, quick wins you can act on right away, and an initial scope with a price range for the build.

Which option should we choose?

Focused fits when you already know which workflow hurts most. Business-wide fits when the problems cross departments or you're not sure where to start. We'll recommend one on a free call.

Is the fee credited toward the build?

Yes, the full fee counts toward the build. If you don't go ahead, you keep the report and the scope, with no further commitment.

What if we don't track the numbers we need?

That's common. We can set up simple tracking tools for a few weeks during the assessment, so the findings rest on real data, not estimates.

How is this different from the free AI Readiness Check?

The AI Readiness Check is a 10-minute self-assessment that points you in a direction. The Business Efficiency Assessment is hands-on work with your team, your systems and your data, and ends with a ranked plan and a price range.

We're building a new product, not fixing operations. Where do we start?

Start with an App Prototype. It puts a small working version in front of real people before you spend more.

Do you use AI to build software?

Yes, every day. AI writes and checks much of the routine code, so more of your budget goes to the parts that are specific to your business and you see working software sooner. People still own what matters most: understanding your business, design, architecture and testing, and an engineer reviews every change before it ships. Your code and data stay in accounts you own and are never used to train public models.

Free 30-minute call

Have a project in mind?

Book a free call. We'll talk through what you need and recommend where to start. No pressure and no obligation.