AI consulting for operations
Where AI pays off in your operation, where it doesn't yet, and one first project scoped well enough to hand to anyone. One fixed price agreed up front, two weeks, one visit.
Manufacturers, distributors and warehouses in Lake County and north Cook County, IL
One fixed price, agreed before we start. No hourly billing, no retainer, no software to buy from us.
What you get
What it takes from you
Already paying for AI tools? Ask about a shorter AI tech stack review: what you have, what overlaps, what's missing and what it should cost.
Most of the work happens on our side. You give us a kickoff, some answers and a readout.
90 minutes: what you want, the systems you run, and a walk through the office and the floor when your site can host a visitor.
A short questionnaire for the people closest to the work, and the reports and exports you already have. A few short calls if they help.
Each opportunity is scored on value, effort and risk, with tools priced from current vendor pages. A second AI reviews the draft and argues against it.
60 minutes by video with your team: the roadmap, the "not yet" list and the first project. The written roadmap is yours to keep.
Every line has an estimate, an effort and a reason. "Not yet" is an answer too.
Illustrative sample. Not a client, not a result.
| Opportunity | Worth | Effort | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read emailed purchase orders into the order system, a person approves each one | 6–12 h/week, if the desk retypes every PO | low | first project |
| Draft quote replies from the price list and past quotes | 3–6 h/week | medium | next |
| Dock-scheduling software | unknown until waits are measured | low | measure dock waits first |
| Forecast next month's material orders from order history | unclear | high | not yet: history is in two systems |
| A chatbot on the website | low | low | skip: few inbound questions |
AI models, including Anthropic's Claude, do much of the research, scoring and drafting. A person leads the kickoff and the readout and is responsible for the document you receive.
We start from how your site really runs, not from a tool someone wants to sell. Where a question needs evidence from the floor, our camera studies can measure it.
We take no referral fees and resell no software. If what you already own does the job, we'll say so. We also sell camera studies: if footage is the right way to answer a question we'll say that too, and nothing here requires one.
You send exports, reports and screenshots. We never ask for passwords or access to your network.
Savings are estimates with a range and a reason, never a promise. Anything we can't support, we leave out.
Lake County and north Cook County. One price agreed before we start, no hourly billing.
No. Finding out what you're ready for is the point of the roadmap. Most teams already have the raw material: emails, spreadsheets, an ERP or order system, and people who know where the time goes.
The roadmap scopes it so anyone can build it, such as your IT partner or a vendor. If you'd like our help, ask after the readout and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit. You're never locked in.
About half a day, spread across the team: 90 minutes with whoever owns the operation, a questionnaire of 30 to 45 minutes for each of two or three people close to the work, and a 60-minute video readout. Our side is the rest of the two weeks.
You choose the files, and we never ask for passwords or network access. Before you send anything, the written scope names every AI service that will read them and the data policy it works under. We keep our copies on our own computer and delete them when you ask or 30 days after delivery; the AI service keeps what it reads under its own policy, which we give you in writing first. We don't take payroll, medical or injury files.
Yes, and we say so up front. AI models do much of the research and drafting, which is how a fixed two-week turnaround is possible. A person leads every conversation with you and is responsible for what we deliver.
Same team, same approach: evidence first. Sometimes a roadmap finds a question only footage can answer, and sometimes a camera study turns up desk work AI could take on. Each is priced on its own, and you never need one to buy the other.
Tell us what you run and where the time goes. We reply within one business day, and tell you plainly if a roadmap isn't worth it for you.
Prefer email? hello@veridicalinsights.com
