Assessment Results
Apex Industrial SupplyIndustrial Distribution68 employees12 interviews completed

Your automation potential

Recoverable value

$18,400/month

Time recovered

87hrs/week

ROI by department

DepartmentMonthly value
Operations34 hrs/week · 6 findings
$7,200/mo39%
Sales27 hrs/week · 5 findings
$5,800/mo32%
Customer Support16 hrs/week · 4 findings
$3,100/mo17%
Warehouse10 hrs/week · 3 findings
$2,300/mo13%
Based on 18 total findings$18,400/mo total

Prioritized opportunities

Ranked by business impact. Each row shows what we'd build, how long it takes, and the cumulative monthly value recovered.

#1CriticalSales
Sales reps spend 1.5 hrs/day copy-pasting lead info from emails into CRM. 3 reps affected.
Automated email-to-CRM sync with lead scoring
1 week
$4,725/mo
$4,725 cumulative
#2CriticalCustomer Support
Service tickets sit unassigned for 6+ hours. Customers follow up before anyone responds.
Auto-routing rules with SLA escalation alerts
0.5 weeks
$2,520/mo
$7,245 cumulative
#3HighSales
Same part quoted at 3 different prices by 3 different reps. No centralized pricing.
Centralized pricing engine with margin guardrails
1.5 weeks
$3,200/mo
$10,445 cumulative
Retainer break-even reached at this point$10,445 vs $10,000 retainer
#4HighWarehouse
Inventory counts off by 15% across 3 locations. Manual reconciliation every Friday.
Real-time inventory sync with discrepancy alerts
1.5 weeks
$2,300/mo
$12,745 cumulative
#5HighCustomer Support
Customers email or call 20+ times/day asking for order status updates.
Self-service order tracking portal
1 week
$1,680/mo
$14,425 cumulative
#6HighOperations
Purchase orders created manually in spreadsheets then re-entered into accounting.
PO automation with accounting system integration
1 week
$2,100/mo
$16,525 cumulative
#7MediumSales
New hires take 3 weeks to learn the quoting process. Tribal knowledge only.
Guided quoting flow with interactive onboarding
1 week
$875/mo
$17,400 cumulative
#8MediumOperations
Operations manager spends 2 hrs/day compiling reports from 4 different systems.
Unified operations dashboard with auto-generated reports
0.5 weeks
$1,000/mo
$18,400 cumulative

Path to break-even

As fixes ship each week, the recovered monthly value compounds. Here's how quickly the retainer pays for itself.

Monthly retainer$10,000/mo
Week 1

Automated email-to-CRM sync ...

$4,725/mo
Week 2

Auto-routing rules with SLA ...

$7,245/mo
Week 3

Centralized pricing engine w...

$10,445/mo

Break-even

Week 5

Real-time inventory sync wit...

$12,745/mo
Week 6

Self-service order tracking ...

$14,425/mo
Week 7

PO automation with accountin...

$16,525/mo
Week 8

Guided quoting flow with int...

$17,400/mo
Week 8

Unified operations dashboard...

$18,400/mo

Net monthly gain after all fixes ship

$18,400 recovered − $10,000 retainer

+$8,400/mo

Cost of inaction

Every month these inefficiencies go unaddressed, your company loses

$18,400/month

That's $220,800 over the next 12 months

Compounding dailyAffecting every departmentGetting worse, not better

Ready to start recovering this value?

At $10,000/month, the projected return is 1.8x your investment. Highest-impact fixes ship first.

Start with a discovery call. We'll walk through these findings together and scope your first sprint.

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