Pilots are not reaching production
A demo impressed people. The workflow did not change.
Teams bridge systems by hand
Copying, checking, re-keying between tools that do not talk to each other.
Automation has reached its limits
The rules broke on the messy inputs. Someone still reads every exception.
Priorities are unclear
Ten ideas, no baseline, no way to say which one is worth building first.
Leadership wants a case before a build
Numbers, risks and a scope, not a vendor's promise.
Workflow Assessment
Find the workflow worth building first.
Two weeks inside your operation to map how the work actually runs, put numbers on it, and decide what to automate, what should use AI, and what should stay in human hands.
Fixed fee, agreed before we start. NDA and read-only access.
This is for teams where
AI has been discussed for a year. Nothing runs yet.
What you leave with
A decision, not a slide deck.
- prioritised workflow map of how the work actually runs, with owners, systems and exceptions
- 1prioritised workflow map of how the work actually runs, with owners, systems and exceptions
- from kick-off to a build or no-build recommendation
- 2 weeksfrom kick-off to a build or no-build recommendation
- first system scoped: target workflow, integrations, control points, acceptance criteria
- 1first system scoped: target workflow, integrations, control points, acceptance criteria
- obligation to build with us afterwards
- 0obligation to build with us afterwards
Baseline measures, feasibility model, target architecture and a deployment roadmap are part of every assessment.
What happens
Two weeks, three conversations, one recommendation.
01
Briefing reviewed
A senior engineer reviews every submission and replies within two business days.
02
Week one: inside the operation
We sit with the people who do the work and map volume, manual effort, cycle time, decision points, exceptions, systems and data.
03
Week two: feasibility and economics
We assess AI suitability, implementation risk and economic impact, and set out what to automate with rules, what needs AI and what stays with your people.
04
Recommendation
Build or no build, with the first system scoped. Sometimes the answer is to fix the process first.
What we assess
- workflow
- volume
- manual effort
- cycle time
- decision points
- exceptions
- systems and data
- AI suitability
- implementation risk
- economic impact
Why SIEL
Not every workflow should use AI.
- What to build, what to automate with rules, what to leave alone
- The assessment ends with a recommendation you can act on, including no.
- Senior engineers, not analysts
- The person mapping your workflow is the person who would build the system.
- Numbers you can defend
- Baseline measures and a feasibility model your board can read.
- Your systems, your data
- Read-only access, agreed hosting, nothing leaves your environment without a written agreement.
Briefing
Tell us about the operation.
Tell us the workflow, the systems and where the work slows down. A senior engineer reviews your briefing and replies within two business days.