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Worked examples and track record

What it looks like, in practice.

First, four worked examples to help you picture it: illustrative scenarios about fictional companies, with realistic figures drawn from orders of magnitude observed on comparable assignments.

Worked examples

Four situations we come across often.

Technical distributor, 40 people · Haute-SavoieIllustrative scenario

Quotes in 4 hours instead of 48

350 quote requests a month arrive by email with attachments. Two people re-key them into the ERP, prices are checked by hand, the average turnaround is 48 hours and competitors reply the same day.

Solutions implemented

48 h → 4 h

average time to answer a quote request

12 h / week

freed up for the sales team

0

re-keying: requests arrive structured in the ERP

4%

of requests go through a human (uncertain cases)

€9,500 excl. VAT for implementation, around €180 per month to run, 3 weeks.2Emerging→3Structured
Fiduciary firm, 25 people · LausanneIllustrative scenario

An assistant that knows the files, hosted in Switzerland

Staff search through procedures, circulars and client files scattered across three tools. A new hire takes three months to become autonomous. Management refuses to let client data go to consumer tools.

Solutions implemented

− 60%

search time, measured over 30 days

85%

of answers rated useful, with the source cited

6 weeks

to make a new hire autonomous, instead of 3 months

100%

of data hosted with a Swiss host

CHF 14,500 excl. VAT for implementation, around CHF 250 per month for hosting and APIs, 4 weeks.1Latent→3Structured
Watchmaking subcontractor, 80 people · Vallée de JouxIllustrative scenario

Passing a watch brand's supplier audit

A watch brand requires a security and business continuity questionnaire. Backups have never been restored, former employees still have access, nothing is documented and the IT contact is an occasional outside contractor.

Solutions implemented

35 min

to restore production, tested and timed

100%

of access inventoried, 14 dormant accounts closed

Passed

brand's questionnaire passed without reservation

1 binder

of up-to-date documentation, reviewed every quarter

CHF 19,800 excl. VAT in total, across three solutions over 8 weeks, hardware invoiced without mark-up.1Latent→3Structured
Industrial SME, 120 people · Greater LyonIllustrative scenario

1,800 supplier invoices a month without re-keying

1,800 supplier invoices a month are re-keyed into the ERP by 1.5 full-time equivalents. Management accounting consolidates the figures by hand and delivers a dashboard a month late.

Solutions implemented

96%

of invoices extracted without correction, the rest in a review queue

1.5 FTE

redeployed to collections and purchasing

D + 1

management dashboard up to date every morning

€0.07

processing cost per invoice, tracked every month

€21,000 excl. VAT in total, across three solutions over 8 weeks.2Emerging→4Industrialised

Fictional companies, realistic figures: orders of magnitude observed on comparable assignments and in the literature (including Stanford's AI Index 2026). Your figures will be measured before and after, on your data.

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