Proven Results

Automation that delivered measurable outcomes

Six automation initiatives, each documented from problem through to measurable outcome. Click any card to see exactly what was built and how.

Our work
What we built and what it delivered
Every card below covers a completed initiative. What was built and what it delivered. Click to expand the full breakdown. Additional examples are available on request.
Workflow Automation

Branch and Site Deployment Automation

A process that used to consume an entire day, repeated for every new location, was rebuilt into a same-day, zero-touch deployment that runs identically every time.

20 hrs saved
per site deployment across 6 rollouts

What we did

  • Built a standardised, repeatable deployment package for new locations
  • Enabled zero-touch remote provisioning from day one
  • Eliminated configuration drift between sites entirely

Outcome

  • Deployment time dropped from 24 hrs to 4 hrs per site
  • 120 labour hours eliminated across 6 rollouts
  • $9,000 in avoided build cost
Technologies used
Dell OptiPlex edge hardware OPNsense firewall Samba4 Active Directory Proxmox LXC Zabbix Proxy WireGuard VPN
Operations Automation

Contractor Productivity Monitoring

Six hours a month spent chasing status updates and running manual check-ins was replaced with real-time visibility and automated task delegation, with no additional headcount.

5 hrs/month
reclaimed from manual oversight and check-ins

What we did

  • Built automated task tracking and real-time status reporting
  • Created structured task delegation pipeline
  • Removed dependency on manual check-ins entirely

Outcome

  • Oversight time dropped from 6 hrs/month to under 1 hr
  • Real-time visibility into workload and task completion
  • $3,000/year reclaimed in management time
Technologies used
AWX Ansible CSV task pipeline Project management API integration
AI Automation

AI-Powered Helpdesk Ticket Triage

Technicians were spending the first four minutes of every ticket on sorting and routing, before touching the actual problem. AI eliminated that entirely across 1,200 tickets a month.

80 hrs/month
of technician time recovered from triage

What we did

  • Built an AI triage layer for all incoming support tickets
  • Automated categorisation, runbook application, and queue routing
  • Integrated across a 64-script MSP automation library

Outcome

  • 4 minutes saved per ticket across 1,200 tickets/month
  • Faster first response on all priority issues
  • $4,800/month in avoided technician labour cost
Technologies used
AI triage engine 64-script automation library Ticket queue integration Automated runbook execution
Finance Automation

Automated Billing and Invoice Management

Ten hours of manual billing work every month across 300+ contracts was producing regular errors and missed renewals. The entire cycle now runs without a person touching it.

$8,500/yr
recovered in missed invoices plus 8 hrs saved monthly

What we did

  • Automated recurring invoicing, renewal tracking, and reconciliation
  • Built billing workflows across 300+ domains and contracts
  • Eliminated manual billing cycle processing entirely

Outcome

  • Processing time cut from 10 hrs to 2 hrs per month
  • Zero missed or inaccurate invoices since deployment
  • $8,500/year recovered in previously missed revenue
Technologies used
Custom MSP operations platform Recurring billing engine Renewal tracking automation Multi-contract reconciliation
Infrastructure Automation

Centralised Infrastructure Monitoring

Outages were being discovered by clients before the team knew they existed. Proactive alerting across every site changed that, cutting mean detection time from hours to under five minutes.

$12,000+/yr
in avoided SLA penalties and downtime costs

What we did

  • Deployed unified monitoring and alerting across all sites
  • Replaced reactive incident discovery with proactive detection
  • Provisioned consistently on every new host added

Outcome

  • Detection time dropped from hours to under 5 minutes
  • Zero undetected outages since deployment
  • $12,000+ per year in avoided penalties and downtime
Technologies used
Zabbix Wazuh SIEM Proxmox Ansible provisioning Multi-site alerting
Private AI

Private AI Infrastructure Deployment

Every query sent to a public AI platform was leaving the business environment. We built a fully private AI stack that keeps all data internal, delivering the same capability with zero exposure.

Under 2 yrs
full payback, with $3,600+/yr in API cost avoided

What we did

  • Designed and deployed a fully self-hosted AI inference stack
  • Routed all internal AI usage through private models
  • Sensitive data never leaves the internal environment

Outcome

  • Zero data exposure to third-party AI platforms
  • Full in-house AI capability for operations and development
  • Full investment payback in under 2 years
Technologies used
Multi-GPU Proxmox host LiteLLM proxy Ollama containers Self-hosted inference Private model routing
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Estimated annual saving at 80% automation
These figures are estimates based on industry averages and a fully loaded employee cost multiplier of 1.3x base salary. Actual results depend on process complexity, automation scope, and implementation. Error and rework costs are calculated at 1.5x the base task cost to account for correction time and downstream impact.

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