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Case Studies

Real-world stories analyzed through the same framework: data, processes, people, and decision-making. Because AI doesn't fail because of the technology—it fails because of the strategy used to integrate it into your business.

Food & DeliveryDisaster Averted

The right automation for the wrong company

Founder · E-commerce · Over 10% of EBIT lost

Data

Unmapped company data. The agency built on top of chaos, not clarity. The raw material was missing.

Processes

Zero documentation prior to implementation. Automation amplified the disorder rather than solving it.

People

The Founder lacked the tools to evaluate the agency's proposal or understand the technical risks before signing.

Decision-Making

A purchase driven by vendor hype, without an independent assessment. No internal governance on AI spending.

The Intervention

Immediate project halt. Paused redundant automations to restore the e-commerce channel. Redesigned core processes before writing a single new line of code.

The Result

Online revenue restored. Avoided additional spending to "patch" a system built on a broken foundation.

B2B · Construction Equipment€15k Saved

You can't cut costs if you don't know what they are

Founder · Manufacturing & Distribution · About to sign off on €15,000 of useless tech

Data

Revenue forecasts were an illusion—manually copied and unverifiable. Calculating ROI was impossible without knowing the actual starting costs.

Processes

Existing in-house systems already supported the functions they wanted to automate. No one knew. Untracked processes kept real operating costs invisible.

People

Management made decisions based on gut feeling rather than data. They lacked the ability to read real margins or create verifiable forecasts.

Decision-Making

They were about to buy automation to solve a non-existent problem. No internal assessment preceded the vendor's quote.

The Intervention

Blocked technical implementation. Strategic shift toward mapping real processes and reconstructing actual cost data.

The Result

€15,000 saved. For the first time, management gained real visibility into margins and the ability to make data-driven financial forecasts.

Collectibles · €114MDiplomatic Incident Prevented

AI hallucinated, and three departments were already blaming an innocent supplier

Head of Operations · Italian Enterprise · Supply chain at risk due to a "perfect" but entirely false report

Data

A 12,000-row database that exceeded the model's context window. The team was unaware of this technical limit. The AI hallucinated critical, non-existent anomalies.

Processes

No protocol for validating AI output. The report was immediately treated as "operational truth," mobilizing three departments within hours.

People

The Head of Operations knew how to use Claude, but didn't understand LLM limits on large datasets. Two different skills; two very different outcomes.

Decision-Making

No one stopped to verify the raw data. In the company's governance structure, a professional-looking report was treated as verified data.

The Intervention

Raw data audit and hallucination identified. The task force was halted immediately before formal accusations were made against the supplier.

The Result

Diplomatic fallout avoided. Weeks of wasted work saved. Internal protocols for AI data analysis implemented.