INDUSTRIES
Every service business runs on a handful of workflows that decide its margin, and in each industry they leak in a recognisable way. Below are the sectors we build for. Where a case exists it is linked; where it does not, the workflow described is the one we would start with. If yours is not here, the 20-minute call is the fastest way to find out whether the pattern fits.
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LEGAL
The leak is at the front of the matter. Intake arrives by email, the conflict check runs across the practice system and two spreadsheets, forms often come back incomplete, and a paralegal re-keys it all. The partner’s pricing judgement lives in their head. Systems usually involved: the practice management system, document templates, email and the firm’s precedent library.
Intake capture that writes straight into the practice system, a conflict pre-check, chasing that runs itself, an engagement letter pre-filled from the form, and the pricing rules made explicit so a new fee earner starts from what the firm already knows. Supervision and judgement stay with the practitioner.
ACCOUNTING
Most practices lose capacity to chasing clients for documents, assembling workpapers by hand and telling clients where their job is up to, not to the technical work. It compounds every June. Systems: practice management, the document portal, Xero or MYOB, email.
Document requests and reminders that run on a schedule, workpapers assembled from the client’s own systems, a status view clients can see without emailing, and the reviewer’s checklist built into the workflow so nothing waits on memory. No published accounting case yet; the Workflow Audit is where this starts.
INSURANCE AND BROKING
Broking runs on repeated document flows with hard deadlines. Renewals start late, endorsements get re-keyed, certificates are requested at 4.55pm on a Friday, and the DDO evidence trail is reconstructed at audit rather than captured as it happens. Systems: the broking platform, insurer portals, email, spreadsheets.
A renewal workflow that starts itself ninety days out, endorsement and certificate requests captured once and pushed to the right place, and an evidence trail that is a by-product of the work rather than a reconstruction. We build across the systems you already run.
ALLIED HEALTH AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
The leaks are front of house, not in the consulting room. Referrals sit in an inbox, intake is paper or a PDF, recalls and no-show recovery depend on who remembers, and claiming is done in batches at the end of the day. Systems: practice management, the clinical record, Medicare and health fund channels, SMS and email.
Referral triage that routes and acknowledges, intake that lands in the record, recalls and no-show recovery that run on rules, and claiming that happens at the point of service. Clinical documentation and consent positions are resolved before any tooling is discussed.
TRADES AND FIELD SERVICES
Margin leaks fastest at quote follow-up and variation capture, and neither needs AI to fix. Enquiries arrive after hours and go unanswered, quotes go out and are never chased, crews lose dead time between jobs, and variations are agreed on site and never invoiced. Systems: the job management system, phone, text, the quoting spreadsheet.
After-hours capture and qualification, quotes built from job history and followed up automatically, scheduling that cuts dead time across a crew, and variation capture that turns a site conversation into an invoice line. 8.3 hours a week back per plumber in one build; 40 minutes saved per quote-and-job-setup in another.
MEDIA, HOSPITALITY AND OTHER SERVICE BUSINESSES
The same shape appears wherever a business runs on repeated work with judgement in it: media production, hospitality customer data, tourism operators, financial services onboarding, volunteering platforms. The workflow is different; the leak, the measurement and the build are the same.
Sixteen cases across these sectors are in the case studies. If your industry is not listed above, that is where to look first, and the 20-minute call settles whether the pattern fits.
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