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What businesses ask us

Every one of these is a question somebody has actually asked. No pitch, no obligation, and nothing here needs an account.

What does Automation Bureau do?

We are IT automation specialists. We find the work in a business that is typed twice, waits on somebody, or is paid to an outside firm to do …

What kind of work can be automated?

The repeatable part of almost any process. Invoices and orders keyed in from PDFs or email, the same report rebuilt every week, data copied between two systems that …

How do we find out what it is costing us now?

Start with the savings check: eighteen one-tap questions, about two minutes, and you get a costed manifest as a PDF. Or we look at how work actually moves …

What does it cost, and how long before it pays for itself?

Every change is costed on its own, with what it gives back and how long until it has paid for itself, and the plan is ordered by payback …

Do we have to replace the systems we already use?

Usually not. Most of what we build sits between the systems you already have and moves the work between them, so nobody has to learn a new tool …

What happens after it goes live?

We support it round the clock. It tells you when it has run and when it needs a person, so nobody has to remember to check on it, …

What does the automation savings check cost?

Nothing. It is eighteen one-tap questions, about two minutes, and no account. You get a savings manifest as a PDF: what manual work and outsourcing cost you now, …

How long before we see something working?

The first change is deliberately a small one: the piece that can be built in days rather than a programme of work, and the one with the fastest …

Do we need someone technical on our side?

No. What we need is somebody who knows how the work actually moves - usually the person doing it, not the person who manages them. Most of what …

What size of business is this for?

The shape of the process matters more than the headcount. If a few people repeat the same steps every week, there is usually something worth automating, and if …

Can you work alongside our existing IT team or supplier?

Yes, and we would rather they knew what we had built than found out later. We are usually adding something between systems rather than replacing what somebody already …

What if it turns out not to be worth automating?

Then we say so, before it is built rather than after. Every change is costed on its own with its own payback, so one that does not earn …

What happens when something changes at our end?

It will. A supplier changes an invoice layout, a system gets updated, a process moves. That is the normal life of an automation rather than a fault, and …

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