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Example scenarios

How small businesses in different sectors could use intelligent workflows.

Please note: these are illustrative scenarios of what such a workflow can do. They are not results from named clients, and we do not quote figures for them. For results from actual projects, see our case studies.

Where a workflow helps

Each scenario shows the situation today and what a workflow could change.

Manufacturing: stock reorder

Today

Frequent stockouts cause production delays. Reorder decisions are made by feel.

With a workflow

A workflow tracks raw material consumption against the production schedule, drafts purchase orders at the right time for a buyer to approve, and alerts the buyer when a supplier is late.

Professional services: time and billing

Today

Consultants forget to log hours. Billing is delayed and cash flow suffers.

With a workflow

A workflow reads calendar and project data, pre-fills hours for review, reminds the team about missing entries and prepares weekly invoice drafts for approval.

Retail: customer enquiries

Today

Customer enquiries wait a day or more for a reply, and some sales are lost.

With a workflow

A workflow watches the email and chat queues, replies to routine questions on availability, price and shipping, and passes anything else to a person with the full context.

Healthcare: appointment reminders

Today

Many patients miss appointments. Staff spend hours on reminder calls.

With a workflow

A workflow sends SMS or email reminders ahead of each appointment, offers a link to reschedule, fills cancelled slots from a waiting list and shows which patients have missed appointments before.

Education: enrolment

Today

Student onboarding is manual and slow, and some applicants drop out midway.

With a workflow

A workflow guides applicants through enrolment, checks that documents are complete, creates student IDs, schedules orientation and tracks who has finished each step.

Logistics: delivery updates

Today

Customers keep calling for delivery status, and the dispatcher is overloaded with queries.

With a workflow

A workflow reads vehicle location data, sends delivery time estimates by SMS, tells customers about delays, lets them reschedule through a link and collects feedback after delivery.

The common thread: whether you make products, serve customers or deliver goods, a workflow takes over the routine steps so that your people can spend their time on the work that needs judgement.

Talk to us about your own workflows

Tell us which routine job takes the most time. We will say whether a workflow can handle it and what it would involve.