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Case Studies · Marketing & Media · Quick Read · 6/15/2025 · 10 min read
Media dashboard aggregation for a marketing agency
A regional marketing agency spent 40 hours a quarter assembling media reports by hand, for 15 years. Here is the build we scoped and the projected math.
Case Studies · Cybersecurity · Quick Read · 1/20/2025 · 5 min read
Alert-to-ticket automation at SecureTech Intelligence
A worked example: a threat-intelligence platform whose clients triage alerts by hand for hours a day. The math an alert-to-ticket bridge would have to hit: 85 percent less triage time and three-minute conversion.
Case Studies · Logistics · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Load planning at Regional Food Distributors
A worked example for a $47M food distributor: a load-planning build, a 90 percent truck utilization target, and the fuel math it would have to hit.
Case Studies · Logistics · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Carrier performance at a $22M regional distributor
A worked example: the carrier-management failure points at a composite regional distributor, the scorecard that fixes them, and the numbers it would have to hit.
Case Studies · Manufacturing · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Inventory tracking at Precision Components
A composite $28M medical device manufacturer running inventory on spreadsheets. The math an automated tracker would have to hit: 92 percent fewer stockouts, $147,000 in freed working capital.
Case Studies · Manufacturing · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Quality control at MidState Plastics
A worked example for a $35M injection molder: quality tracking in Excel, defect reports two days late, and the numbers a real-time dashboard would have to hit.
Case Studies · Professional Services · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Conflict checks at Morrison & Associates
A composite 8-attorney litigation firm with a 2.5-hour manual conflict check. The math an automated check would have to hit: 25 minutes, $500,000 in recovered engagements.
Case Studies · Professional Services · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Time capture at Hamilton Family Law
A worked example: where a 4-attorney family law practice loses billable time to memory-based tracking, and the numbers a capture app would have to hit.
Case Studies · Corporate Events · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Data reconciliation for a Fortune 500 events team
We cut the events team's manual reconciliation between Salesforce, Cvent, and Workfront by 60 to 80 percent, worth $19,500 to $54,600 a year in labor.
Case Studies · Professional Services · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Client onboarding at Regional Business Services
A worked example for a $3.5M accounting practice: a 23-step onboarding build, a 10-day onboarding target, and the cancellation math it would have to hit.
Case Studies · Professional Services · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Tax deadlines at Cornerstone CPA
A worked example for a $2.1M accounting practice: missed deadlines in a spreadsheet system, and the numbers a deadline dashboard has to hit.
Case Studies · Healthcare · Quick Read · 1/15/2025 · 4 min read
Video analysis for a healthcare systems firm
A worked example: manual video analysis at 8 to 10 hours a project against a 75-project growth target the firm could not reach. The build, and the numbers it would have to hit.
Case Studies · Quick Read · 1/3/2025 · 4 min read
Inventory at a $45M manufacturer
A worked example: a composite 150-person manufacturer with a failing ERP inventory module. What a focused inventory app has to fix, and the numbers it would have to hit.
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