Case studies

Case studies and notes from the studio.

Two kinds of writing, in one feed. Case studies that show the shape of the work we do across operations, customer service, finance, logistics, and professional services. Plus shorter notes on how we think and the patterns we keep seeing. Updated as we publish.

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PostHow we think

The ads are not the problem, the machine behind them is why lead generation is a system, not a spend

Turning on ads before the funnel behind them converts is the most common way businesses waste money. The funnel is the machine. Ads are just the moment you switch it on.

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PostPatterns we see

The spreadsheet that became a system when no one was looking how a workbook turns into critical infrastructure

Almost every team has one workbook everyone is quietly afraid to touch. Here is how it got that way, and what to do about it.

4 min readRead →
PostIndustry observations

Most automation projects fail before anyone writes code

When an automation project goes wrong, the tool usually gets the blame. The real cause is almost always something that happened earlier.

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PostWorked examples

What we built when sales spent nine hours a week on lead routing

A 30-person SaaS sales team was losing nine hours a week to lead routing. Here is what the fix looked like in practice, and what we deliberately did not build.

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Case studyFinance and accounting

Cutting the monthly close from eight days to two

A 28-person fintech was losing the first eight working days of every month to close. Three small connections later, the close runs in two days and around 120 hours a month come back across the team.

6 days back per closeRead →
PostHow we think

The list of automations is a roadmap, not a shopping basket

Most automation pitches arrive as a menu of pick-three options. We deliver them as a sequenced plan, ordered by where the hours actually come back.

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Case studyCustomer service and support

Triaging 1,200 weekly tickets before an agent opens one

A 60-person SaaS team was getting 1,200 tickets a week, most of them in five buckets. A triage layer classifies, routes, and attaches the right macro. Real bugs surface to a human inside an hour, not five.

68% auto-resolved in 90 secondsRead →
PostPatterns we see

Three signs the boring bit of your day is fixable

A short diagnostic for people who suspect the boring layer of their day is fixable but cannot quite name what it is.

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Case studyOperations and logistics

Stopping orders falling between Shopify and the warehouse

A 45-person homeware brand was pushing orders to its 3PL via twice-daily CSV exports. A webhook-driven feed replaced the CSVs and the oversells stopped.

Oversells down 92%Read →
PostHow we think

Why we count the hours before we touch a tool our first question is never which software

The most useful number in an automation project is not a price. It is the hours a task quietly eats every week.

4 min readRead →
Case studyProfessional services

Client onboarding in 20 minutes, not two hours of forms

An 18-person law firm was spending two hours of partner or paralegal time on every new matter. One form, one routing layer, and the partner signs a pre-populated letter while the rest is already done.

1h 40m saved per matterRead →
Case studyE-commerce and DTC

Syncing 4,000 SKUs across Shopify and Amazon every hour, not every Tuesday

A 12-person DTC pet brand ran its inventory sync as a weekly manual job. The hourly automatic sync took the manual loop away. Tuesday came back.

Tuesday back, every weekRead →
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