The numbers
Sample Blueprint, by the numbers
Sample blueprint
The table shows eight workflows at a company of 500 people, with figures we invented. Switch a row off and the totals and charts redraw.
Monthly cost today, and the part that comes out
- comes out
- stays
- off
9,600 of 14,800 7,800 of 12,600 7,200 of 11,400 6,800 of 9,300 6,300 of 10,500 5,400 of 8,600 4,800 of 7,400 3,900 of 6,200
Selected rows cost 80,800 a month today. 51,800 comes out and 29,000 stays.
Days from trigger to done, before and after
- today
- with an agent
- avg today 4.9
- avg after 1.6
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Illustrative figures, before build cost and the cost to run the agents. No client data appears on this page.
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| Include this row | Process | Dept | Cost /mo | Savings /mo | Hours | Errors | Before | After | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent reads each supplier invoice, matches it to the PO in the ERP, sends the AP specialist the exceptions. | Finance | 14,800 | 9,600 | 192 | 75% | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | |
| Agent builds the new-hire packet from the HRIS record, collects signatures, sends the HR coordinator the gaps. | HR | 6,200 | 3,900 | 78 | 70% | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
| Agent drafts the quote from the CRM record and the price book, sends the rep a version to approve. | Sales | 11,400 | 7,200 | 120 | 55% | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
| Agent checks stock against reorder points in the ERP each morning, drafts POs for the buyer to release. | Operations | 8,600 | 5,400 | 120 | 65% | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
| Agent reads order status in the ERP, answers the status emails, passes complaints to a service rep. | Customer Service | 9,300 | 6,800 | 170 | 80% | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
| Agent pulls the ERP exports, rebuilds the workbook, sends the analyst the variances to explain. | Finance | 10,500 | 6,300 | 105 | 60% | 9.0 | 4.0 | 0.6 | |
| Agent routes each PO to its approvers with the budget line, chases at 24 hours, escalates at 48. | Operations | 7,400 | 4,800 | 96 | 50% | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | |
| Agent reads new service requests, proposes a slot from technician calendars, sends dispatch the conflicts. | Operations | 12,600 | 7,800 | 130 | 45% | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
The return on the sample rows
Illustrative figures. 8 of 8 rows on.
Change the selectionCumulative savings, first twelve months
- agents still going live
- all selected agents live
Hours returned each month
1,011 hours
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The four numbers we move
Margin up
We measure each agent against its forecast labor saving at 30 and 90 days.
Errors down
An agent runs the same check on the last invoice of the day as on the first.
More from your headcount
Each row shows its headcount effect in FTE, up or down, before you approve it.
Work faster
An agent starts each task when it arrives, so the days it sat in an inbox come out of the cycle.
An audit cannot find the judgment calls in a supervisor's head, so we mark the rows where our evidence is thin. An agent misreads a share of what it reads, and we print its parallel-run error rate on the row.