Practical AI for businesses that don't have a technology team.
Most AI projects stall because nobody owns the unglamorous parts. I help small and mid-size businesses in the GTA work out what's actually worth doing, then build it so it still runs after I leave.
If any of this sounds familiar
“We've tried a few tools. Nothing has really changed how we work.”
“Everyone says we need AI. Nobody can tell us what to do first.”
“Someone built us something. Now nobody knows how it works.”
“We don't want to depend on something we can't maintain.”
These are the conversations I have most often.
How it works
- 1
Conversation
30 minutes, free. What you're doing now, what isn't working, and whether there's anything here worth pursuing. If there isn't, I'll say so.
- 2
Assessment
Two to three weeks. I look at how your business actually runs, then give you a written report: what's worth doing, in what order, and what it will take.
- 3
Build
Six to twelve weeks. Implementation, with the logging, version control and documentation that keeps it working after the engagement ends.
Ongoing support is available monthly once something is running.
Estimate what you could free up
Enter a few operating assumptions. The hours and the dollar value of that released capacity update as you change them.
These figures use the starting assumptions. Changing them needs JavaScript. Book a 30-minute call
Count the repeating pieces of work the automation would touch. Waiting time does not count.
Average employee minutes on that work for one item.
This is the cut in the targeted manual effort. It is not the share of work that becomes fully automatic.
Use a blended cost for the people doing the work, including employer costs. This is not a wage and it is not a billable rate.
Released time is not cash. Include only what you can capture through less overtime, avoided hiring, lower outside processing or more completed work.
Estimated annual value before implementation costs
$24,000
Based on your assumptions. Excludes implementation, licensing, integration, maintenance, human review and other ongoing costs.
Current annual effort
2,000
hours
Hours released annually
1,000
hours
Gross annual labor capacity value
$40,000
How this figure is calculated
- Current annual effort is 2,000 hours. That is 10,000 items at 12 minutes each.
- Hours released annually are 1,000. That is 50% of the current effort.
- Gross annual labor capacity value is $40,000. That is 1,000 hours at $40.
- Estimated annual value before implementation costs is $24,000. That is 60% of the gross value.
- Residual manual hours are 1,000.
Results are illustrative estimates based on the assumptions you enter. They are for information only. Actual outcomes depend on the workflow, how suitable the work is for automation, volume, exception rates, implementation cost, ongoing operating cost and whether released capacity can be used. Labor capacity value is not a cash saving. This calculator is not a financial guarantee or a formal business case.
Bring these assumptions to a 30-minute call.
Book a 30-minute callWhy me
Twenty years building enterprise systems, including an ERP that ran a medical and optical distributor across ten countries for fifteen years.
I published a methodology for governing AI-assisted development, because most of what gets built with AI quietly loses the things that make software trustworthy.
I still write the code. This isn't a strategy deck.
Based in and working across the Greater Toronto Area.
More about my work at florantepascual.com
Start with a conversation.
Thirty minutes, no charge, no pitch. If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you who is.