Watch the work happen
Up to six hours on site at one Indianapolis-area location, focused on one team. I observe the work, talk with the people doing it and look at the tools already in use.
AI automation · Indianapolis area
Less repetitive work.
More time to run the business.
The tasks you keep doing by hand are a good place to start. I learn how your business works, find where automation could help and give you a practical plan.
Automation Discovery Day $1,000
Automation Discovery Day · $1,000 fixed fee
First, understand
the way you work.
I spend time alongside your team, watching how work moves from one step to the next. Repeated data entry, file preparation, email and routine handoffs can all be worth a closer look. You leave with priorities and an action plan.
Find the useful opportunities
A written list of tasks worth considering, ranked by usefulness and difficulty. Time-saving estimates include the assumptions behind them.
Choose a first project
A practical recommendation and an initial implementation estimate. If a task is better left alone or simplified without AI, I will say so.
Walk through the plan
A short follow-up call to review the findings, answer questions and decide whether a build makes sense.
The assessment is a paid deliverable. Implementation is quoted separately. Broader reviews and nonlocal travel are agreed separately.
Hands-on production experience
Recent successes
at Printing Partners.
My recent automation work at Printing Partners includes automated prepress, automated reprints and an email absence system. That experience builds on more than 25 years in commercial print, art departments, design and production.
- Automated prepress
- Automated reprints
- Email absence system
Old software, new screen
Keep your system.
Fix the workflow.
Many Indianapolis shops still run Sage, Dynamics GP, Epicor, JobBOSS or PrintSmith, and the information your team needs is usually already stored there. So instead of a year-long switch, I build the screen or tool your team actually uses on top of it. Your system stays the official record. Then, if you move to new software later, the dashboard moves with you.
A morning dashboard
One screen showing open jobs, late orders, low stock and alerts.
One workflow fixed
For example, a reorder alert or a ship-to-invoice handoff, so nobody types the same information twice.
Migration help
When you do switch, I export, clean and map the old records.
Paper into data
Old printed reports turned into organized records you can search.
Support deadlines
Is support ending for your software?
For several popular systems, yes, and the dates are firm. Microsoft stops supporting Dynamics GP on December 31, 2029. Meanwhile, Dynamics NAV 2017 support ends January 11, 2027, and NAV 2018 follows on January 11, 2028. Of course, a dashboard won't replace a supported system. Still, it gives your team a clearer view now, and that buys time to choose the next system carefully.
Your data
Is your data safe?
It stays yours. First, I read from a copy where possible, and I never write to your live database without written approval. I also use only the connection tools your software vendor documents, with a separate login you create and can turn off. In addition, everything runs on your server or a cloud account in your name. Before any work starts, I check your license terms, because some connections use a paid user seat.
After discovery
Build the useful part.
Agree the price first.
Every build gets its own written scope, price and review points. These guides help you judge the scale before we talk.
One bounded workflow
A simple automation
$1,500–$3,000
One clearly defined task, with agreed inputs, outputs and checks.
Connected work
Several steps or systems
$3,000–$7,500
A workflow connecting several steps or tools. Complex production systems are quoted after discovery.
Consulting and changes
Agreed hourly help
$150/hour
Consulting or approved hourly changes, with the hours agreed before work starts.
Implementation guides are separate from the $1,000 assessment. Build quotes include agreed testing, documentation, handoff and a defined correction period. Software, AI usage, hosting and ongoing support are separate. Discovery Days and hourly consulting are excluded from the marketing case-study discount.
Common questions
Before
we start.
What does the $1,000 Discovery Day include?
A brief intake, up to six hours on site with one team at one Indianapolis-area location, a written list of opportunities with estimated time savings and assumptions, a recommended first project with an initial implementation estimate, and a short follow-up call. Preparation and reporting are included. Broader reviews and travel outside the area are quoted separately.
Does the discovery fee include building an automation?
No. The $1,000 buys the assessment and action plan. Any implementation is scoped and quoted separately, and the discovery fee is not automatically credited toward a build. You can use the findings to decide what to do next.
What does implementation cost?
As a guide, one simple, clearly bounded automation is $1,500–$3,000; several connected steps or systems are $3,000–$7,500. Complex production systems are quoted after discovery. The written quote covers the agreed build, testing, documentation and handoff. Consulting and approved hourly changes are $150 an hour.
Are software and ongoing support included?
Software subscriptions, AI usage fees and hosting are separate costs, identified in your quote. Any ongoing monitoring or support has its own written scope and fee. A build quote also defines its correction period.
Do we have to replace our old software?
No. I can build a dashboard or fix one workflow on top of the system you already run. Your data stays in place, and if you switch later, the dashboard can move with you.
Will this slow down or break our system?
I read from a copy where possible, use only documented connection tools and never write to your live database without written approval.
Does everything need AI?
No. Some jobs need a straightforward rule or a connection between existing tools. The aim is to reduce repetitive work with a system your team can use, whether that needs AI or conventional automation.
Start with the work you repeat
What keeps taking
too much time?
Tell me what happens, which tools you use and where the work gets held up. We'll find a useful starting point.
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