Operations Automation Sprint — typically $10K–$30K+, fixed fee

One expensive workflow, removed in 3–8 weeksfor a fixed fee you agree to before we build.

You already know which process this is. We scope it, confirm the economics, and remove it. If the numbers don’t hold, we say so before a fee is set.

Start with Automation DiscoverySee a sprint end to end

Tell us the workflow. Within 24 hours we’ll tell you whether it’s worth fixing. If it is: a 30-minute scoping call, then a written scope and fixed fee before any work starts.

  • The one where your team rekeys the same data into three systems, chases the same status emails, or manually routes every exception. It functions only because people are absorbing it.
  • Every week it runs the same way, it takes hours off your team, sends errors to customers, and shows up as hiring pressure on the org chart.
  • A short automation discovery maps the actual workflow, prices its real cost to the business, and confirms the fix before a build fee is set.
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typical fee, fixed after discovery and scoping
$10K–$30K+
typical fee, fixed after discovery and scoping
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typical engagement — weekly working demos, not status updates
3–8 weeks
typical engagement — weekly working demos, not status updates
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discovery findings, whether or not you build
Yours to keep
discovery findings, whether or not you build

Is this you?

This is the right sprint when

Tick the ones that are true this quarter. One is enough.

The running cost

The workflow your team has a workaround for costs more than you’ve accounted for.

  1. Count the hours. Count the errors. Count the coordinators you added to keep up.

  2. Every week it runs the same way, it takes hours off your team, sends errors to customers, and shows up as hiring pressure on the org chart.

  3. Every week the workflow runs unchanged, the cost runs with it. Discovery answers whether it’s worth fixing before any fee is committed.

A sprint end to end

Discovery, scope lock, build, handover. Fixed fee. Weekly working demos.

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  1. Automation discovery

    We map the actual workflow, price its real cost to the business, and confirm the fix makes economic sense. If it doesn’t, we say so before a fee is set. You keep the findings either way.

  2. Scope lock

    Success criteria, assumptions, and exclusions in writing before any build starts. You sign off on what “done” means and what the fixed fee is.

  3. Build with weekly demos

    Working progress, not status updates. You see it running before handover. Every line reviewed by a senior engineer before it reaches production.

  4. Handover

    Code, documentation, and a walkthrough. The operating knowledge transfers to your team — not just the artifact.

How the return is measured

Hours removed per weekError rate eliminatedCycle time cutResponse speedThroughput gainedHeadcount pressure relievedMargin recoveredHours removed per weekError rate eliminatedCycle time cutResponse speedThroughput gainedHeadcount pressure relievedMargin recovered

What the fix can be

Workflow automationSystem integrationInternal applicationAI decision supportCopilot for an operator roleData pipelineExtension of an existing system — TMS, ERP, CRM, or portalWorkflow automationSystem integrationInternal applicationAI decision supportCopilot for an operator roleData pipelineExtension of an existing system — TMS, ERP, CRM, or portal

What you get

The workflow removed — not a roadmap for removing it.

  • One bounded engagement removes it entirely — not a strategy for removing it, not a platform to manage.

The fix, whatever form it takes, is handed to your team with the code, integrations, and documentation to own it without us.

The commitment

Typically $10K–$30K+, fixed after discovery and scoping.

The economics are confirmed before you pay to build. ROI is framed in operational terms: hours removed, cycle time cut, errors eliminated, headcount avoided.

The sprint assumes the workflow can be isolated to a bounded scope and that someone in the business owns its cost. Discovery confirms both before the fee is agreed. Actual timeline and fee depend on workflow complexity and the systems involved.

Start with Automation Discovery

Built, delivered, running

Bounded builds that removed the work.

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Freight brokerage operations — document intake

An AI document-intake service classifies and parses BOLs, load confirmations, and rate confirmations into structured records. Manual data entry eliminated across the operations team. The back-end infrastructure now runs carrier grids in the millions of rows.

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Contract management SaaS — roadmap unblocked

A legacy data extraction bottleneck was blocking the product roadmap. Removed in 4 weeks. 50,000+ records extracted. Core product development unblocked. One bounded engagement; team capacity returned at close.

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flexTrax Solutions — a bounded build, running the business

Point-of-sale platform with native FSA processing. Initial platform shipped in a 90-day build cycle; $800k ARR within 10 months. Delivered to production and running the business.

Who scopes and builds it

Brandon Shuey has built and run the systems behind real operations — brokerage document intake, pharmacy dispensing, pipeline SCADA, point-of-sale with FSA processing. 30 years shipping production systems since 1996.

Founder, CEO, CTO, or architect five times. The person who scopes the fix is the person who builds it: founder-led, fixed-fee, full ownership at close, no account manager between you and the person making the technical decisions.

Before you call

The objections, answered once.

If yours is not here, it is a two-minute email and a direct answer within a day.

Start with Automation Discovery

  • Scope is bounded and written down before we start, including the assumptions the build depends on. At handover you get the code and the documentation to adapt it. We’re not the only ones who can maintain what we ship.

Take it when

The problem has an identifiable economic owner, the workflow can be isolated to a bounded scope, and the first step can be a short discovery that confirms the economics before the fee is set.

Pass when

A fix that would require open-ended scope or ongoing involvement to stay functional — discovery will surface that before the fee is agreed. Staff augmentation, broad AI transformation programs, and commodity content are not this engagement.

What happens next

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    Tell us the problem — two minutes.

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    Direct answer within 24 hours on whether it’s a fit.

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    If it is: a 30-minute scoping call.

  4. 04

    Written scope, timeline, and fixed fee before any work starts. You keep everything delivered.

Actual timeline and fee depend on workflow complexity and the systems involved.

Final step

One workflow removed. Bounded scope. Fixed fee.

Discovery confirms the economics before the fee is set. Scope, success criteria, and fixed fee in writing before build starts. Three to eight weeks later, the workflow is gone and your team owns the fix.

Start with Automation Discovery

No pitch. No prep. If it’s not a fit, I’ll tell you.

— Brandon Shuey, Principal