The wedge · £3,500 · 2 weeks

AI Operations Audit.

A paid discovery sprint, not a free lead-magnet. Two weeks of senior-engineer time producing a written 90-day plan with cost estimates and named recommendations. £3,500 fixed, credited in full against any follow-on build over £25k.

— Stack assessment — Integration gaps — AI use cases — Security posture — 90-day plan
£3,500
Fixed price · no scope creep
2 weeks
End to signed-off PDF
90 days
Named, scoped plan
Credited
In full against follow-on build over £25k
What’s inside

Five deliverables. One signed-off PDF.

A productised diagnostic, not a workshop. Two weeks of senior-engineer time producing a written plan you can act on.

01

Stack assessment

A line-by-line walk through the operational and customer-facing systems you run today. What’s built, what’s bought, what’s held together with manual handoffs, and where each component sits in the operational lifecycle.

02

Integration-gap analysis

Where the manual handoffs sit. Which systems should talk to each other and don’t. Where re-keying happens. Where data quality drops between two systems. Where a workflow bypasses the system entirely.

03

AI use-case identification

Specific candidate workflows for AI — ranked by impact, integration cost and risk profile. Each with a cost estimate (build + run), an ROI estimate, and a recommended posture: pilot, retainer, leave alone, or buy.

04

Security and compliance posture

Snapshot of your current cloud and security posture against the standards your sector requires — Cyber Essentials, DSPT, GDPR, ISO 27001 prep where relevant. Named remediation steps. Specialist managed-security work referred to MSSP partners.

05

Written 90-day plan

A signed-off PDF with named recommendations, scoped cost ranges, and the call on what to build, what to buy, what to leave alone. You can act on it with us, take it to another supplier, or shelve it. The plan is yours either way.

How it runs

Two weeks. End to signed-off PDF.

Day 0

Booking confirmed

Senior engineer assigned. Pre-read sent. Workshop scheduled.

Days 1–3

Discovery workshops

Two half-day sessions with your operations and engineering leads. Stack walk-through, gap interview, AI use-case shortlist.

Days 4–9

Analysis & drafting

We work through the stack offline. Cost estimates. ROI ranges. Security posture review. Draft plan circulated end of week 2.

Day 10

Read-out & sign-off

One-hour read-out call. Q&A. Named follow-on routes. Signed-off PDF in your inbox the same day.

Common questions

What buyers ask before they book.

Is the audit really paid? Why not free?

Two reasons. First, free audits aren’t audits — they’re sales calls dressed up. We need two weeks of senior-engineer time to produce something useful, and we’d rather charge for it than dilute the work. Second, the £3,500 is a qualifying signal: buyers who pay are buyers who can act on the plan.

What if we don’t want to build with you afterwards?

You keep the plan. The £3,500 covers the work either way. The credit-back clause only applies if we go on to a follow-on build over £25k together — it’s an incentive, not a hostage situation.

Who runs the audit?

A senior engineer with operator background — someone who has shipped production software in operations-heavy environments. Never an offshore team, never a junior, never a sales-led discovery.

Do we need to share source code or production access?

No. The audit runs from interviews, architecture diagrams and read-only data where you’re comfortable. NDA before kickoff if you want one. We can scope it to whatever access boundary you set.

What sectors do you do this for?

Operations-heavy and regulated teams. Heaviest depth in shipping, logistics and 3PL/fleet — those are the named verticals. We also defend long-standing accounts in NHS, legal and medical. If you’re outside those, we’ll tell you in the qualifying call.

Book an AI Operations Audit.

£3,500 fixed. Two weeks. Written 90-day plan you can act on or take to another supplier. Most engagements with us start here.