Adekspert · Paweł Ścieszko

What does someone in your company do every week that a system could do instead?

I start from the process, not the technology. If something happens on a schedule and has a clear input and output, it can usually be automated. If it is not worth the effort, I will say so straight away.

Typical tasks

What can usually be automated

  • Reports assembled by hand every week or every month.
  • The same data retyped between two systems.
  • Monitoring results and sending an alert when a number moves outside its expected range.
  • Hunting for information scattered across documents and inboxes.
  • An assistant that answers questions using company knowledge.
  • Preparing repetitive quotes and near-identical materials.
  • Finding companies and assessing which are a good fit for the offer.

Honestly

Where this comes from

I built these mechanisms for online advertising, because that is where I work. But the same basic monitoring approach applies to any metric: measure it, compare it with the norm and flag a problem before someone would otherwise notice it. The data source changes; the job does not.

If your case is different, I'll tell you whether it is the same mechanism or only looks like it. The three systems running in production are described on the home page.

How it works

Three steps before I build anything

  1. 1

    You describe the process

    What happens today, who does it, and how often.

  2. 2

    I check whether it pays off

    Sometimes it doesn't. Then I say so, instead of selling you a rollout.

  3. 3

    We start with a pilot

    Something you can try and assess before anyone commits to a bigger scope.

Contact

Describe the process in two sentences

Tell me what repeats and how long it takes. I'll tell you whether it can sensibly be automated and where I would start.