AI consulting for SMEs
Most AI projects fail because they should never have been started. The AI Business Scan is a short, fixed-price review of your data, processes and goals. It finds the few places where AI gives your business a lasting advantage, and tells you where it does not.
Following the AI hype is not a strategy
There is no reason to use AI on every problem. At the same time, AI is too powerful to ignore: companies that fail to engage with it risk a structural disadvantage. The question is where AI pays, and where it does not.
What you get
Four deliverables, in one report you keep.
- ROI calculations
- What each AI opportunity is worth in revenue, margin, cost and risk
- Feasibility and investment ranking
- Which projects to do first, which to postpone, which to drop
- Data and governance assessment
- How mature your data is, your compliance exposure, and the risk class of each AI use under the EU AI Act
- Prioritised plan: a 12-month roadmap
- A sequenced plan with the investment range and the expected returns
How the scan works
Three phases: find the opportunities worth pursuing, prepare your organisation, then build or hand over.
Phase 1
Find the opportunities worth pursuing
Align leadership.
We agree your strategic goals, constraints and growth ambitions.
Map the processes.
We follow your operations end to end and find where they slow down.
Put numbers on the value.
We estimate what each opportunity is worth in revenue, margin, cost and risk.
Build a heatmap.
We sort opportunities into local fixes, cross-team improvements and company-wide change.
Check data and governance.
We assess data maturity, compliance exposure and AI risk class.
Rank the options.
By feasibility, impact and the investment each one needs.
Plan the next 12 months.
A sequenced plan with the investment range and expected returns.
What the scan will not do
It will not recommend AI for its own sake. No hype, and no automation for automation's sake. If the numbers do not justify a project, the report says so.
Who it is for
Founders, CEOs and heads of operations at small and mid-sized companies who feel pressure to do something with AI and want to spend on the right things.
Practical details
What the scan takes, how long it takes, and what it costs.
- Typical length
- Short. The scan is a review, not a build. We agree the schedule with you at the scoping call and work around your team's availability.
- What we need from you
- A sponsor with the time to talk about goals and constraints, and access to the people who own the processes and to representative data or documentation of them.
- Price
- Fixed, and quoted before the scan starts, so you know the cost up front. The fee covers the scan and the 12-month roadmap.
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Frequently asked questions
Find out where AI pays off in your business
Tell us about your company and the decisions you are facing. We will explain how the scan would work for you.