Operations & Company Development
Map where hours and money leak, then redesign the workflow before adding any software.
This is the advisory service, and it usually comes first. Before anyone writes code, we find where your time and money actually leak — then redesign the workflow, often by removing steps rather than adding tools.
What it is
This is the advisory work, and it usually comes first. Before anyone writes a line of code, we find where your time and money actually leak.
We follow real tasks through your organization, measure the cost of each step, and redesign the workflow — often by removing steps rather than adding tools. The cheapest automation is the work you stop doing.
Only once the process is right do we decide what software, if any, it needs. Sometimes the answer is a change in how a team is organized. Sometimes it is AI. We tell you which, honestly.
Who it's for
- Leaders who suspect they are paying for waste but cannot point to where it is.
- Companies about to buy software to fix what is really a process problem.
- Operations that have grown faster than their workflows have.
What you get
- A measured map of where hours and money leak across your highest-cost workflows.
- A redesigned process, on paper, ranked by what each change is worth.
- A clear call on what to fix with people, what to fix with software, and what to leave alone.
- A build plan only for the parts that genuinely need building.
How we do it
This service is mostly Discover and Design. In Discover we sit with the team, follow real tasks, and measure where the hours go. In Design we redesign the workflow first and decide what — if anything — to build. If a Build & deploy stage makes sense, it covers only the parts that earn it, and we can run Optimize to confirm the change worked.
It follows the same four steps we use on every engagement — see the full approach.
Proven in the field
Independent examples of this approach working in the industries we serve — construction, engineering, medical engineering, manufacturing, and renewable energy. These are cited references to others' work; they show the kind of system we build for you.
- Manufacturing
Redesign the work around the people first — at ACG Capsules, a shop-floor copilot grounded in standard operating procedures cut mean time to repair by about 40%, deployed in under five weeks (McKinsey lighthouse). McKinsey — manufacturing Lighthouses (opens in new tab)
- Construction
Fix the schedule before adding tools — ALICE Technologies uses generative scheduling to simulate millions of build sequences and find the ones that cut time and cost. ALICE Technologies (opens in new tab)
- Renewable energy
Rework operations to handle variable supply — GE Vernova's GridOS applies AI forecasting and optimization so operators can integrate far more wind and solar. GE Vernova — GridOS (opens in new tab)
Questions, answered
Do we have to buy software at the end?
No. Often the best fix is organizational, not technical. We will tell you plainly when software is not the answer.
How is this different from a typical consultant?
We can build what we recommend. The diagnosis is grounded in what we can actually ship, not a report that sits on a shelf.
How long does it take?
A focused diagnosis is measured in weeks, not months, because we look at a few real workflows rather than boiling the ocean.
What do you need from us?
Time with the people who do the work, a look at the systems you run, and honest answers about what slows everyone down.
Put operations & company development to work.
Describe the workflow you'd like to fix. We'll come back within one business day with a first read on what's worth doing.