01Service · 04 of 09

Automate the work
no one should be doing.

Workflow and approval flows, document automation and integration between tools built in code so it runs reliably and fails visibly.

Start a projectSee a recent build
01Overview

Remove the manual work that taxes your team every day.

Most operational waste is not obvious. It hides in the ten minutes someone spends copying a number from one system to another, in the approval email that sat in an inbox over a long weekend, in the report assembled by hand every Monday morning.

We find those flows, understand why they exist and replace them with automation that runs reliably, fails visibly and gives your team back the time to do work that actually requires a human.

02What's included

From workflow design to exception monitoring.

01

Workflow design

We map how the work actually flows through your team before automating anything to avoid digitising a broken process.

02

Trigger automation

Event-driven flows: a form submission, an email received, a status change, a payment anything that should kick off a process automatically.

03

Tool integration

Connecting the systems your team already uses: accounting, CRM, inventory, HR, email and payment platforms.

04

Document & data flows

Invoices generated, contracts routed, reports assembled and sent without anyone opening a spreadsheet.

05

Approval routing

Multi-step approval workflows with escalation paths, audit trails and notifications built in.

06

Audit & compliance

Every action logged, every decision recorded. Audit-ready by default, not retrofitted when someone asks for a report.

07

Custom connectors

When a vendor does not have a public API, we build the connector scrape, webhook or file-exchange cleanly and maintainably.

08

Monitoring & alerting

Automated pipelines that fail silently are worse than manual processes. We instrument everything and alert on exceptions.

03How we work

Process audit first. Code second. Parallel run before cutover.

  1. Week 0
    01

    Process audit

    We follow the work. Walk-throughs, screen recordings and interviews with the people who actually do it. We find the bottlenecks, not just the ones leadership thinks are bottlenecks.

  2. Week 1
    02

    Automation map

    A written plan of every trigger, step, branch and integration. You approve it before we build anything.

  3. Week 2–4
    03

    Build & test

    The automation is built against a staging environment, tested with real data and reviewed by the people whose jobs it affects.

  4. Go-live
    04

    Parallel run

    We run the automated flow alongside the manual process for one full cycle. When the outputs match, we retire the manual version.

  5. After
    05

    Monitoring & iteration

    Exception alerts, monthly review of edge cases that fell through and a standing slot to add the next flow.

04What it looks like

A recent build invoice automation for a distribution company.

Invoice flow · automation console
running · 0 exceptions
Recent runs
INV-2819sent
Acme Corp
INV-2818sent
Blue Nile Ltd
INV-2817sent
Northgate Co
INV-2816exception
Tarrant Group
INV-2815sent
Westbridge Ltd
Exception

INV-2816 · missing PO number

Flow steps
Extract from accounting
Match to delivery record
Validate PO number
Generate PDF
Send to client
340 h
saved per month across finance and ops
99.2%
of invoices processed without human touch
3 days
faster average payment cycle after automation
05Tools behind it

Code-first automation. No vendor lock-in.

We build automation on code, not no-code platforms. The result is faster, cheaper to run and does not break when a vendor changes their pricing or deprecates a connector.

Orchestration
Custom workflowsTemporaln8n
Integration
REST APIsWebhooksSFTPEmail parsing
Back-end
Node.jsPython.NET
Storage
PostgreSQLRedisS3
Monitoring
SentryPagerDutyCustom dashboards
06Commercials

Project or retainer. No surprise invoices.

Option A

Project engagement

For a defined set of automations.

  • Fixed price after a process audit week.
  • Delivered in 4–8 weeks.
  • Monitoring and exception handling included for 60 days.
Typical: 4–8 weeks · £15K–£80K
Option B

Automation retainer

For ongoing workflow improvement.

  • A dedicated automation engineer embedded in your ops team.
  • Monthly cadence: new flows, refinements, monitoring.
  • Quarterly review and roadmap.
Typical: ongoing · from £8K / month
07Common questions

What ops teams ask us before starting.

We already use Zapier / Make why build custom automation?
No-code platforms are fine for simple flows. When you need conditional logic, error handling, custom integrations, audit trails or sub-second performance, custom code is faster, cheaper to run and does not break when a vendor changes their pricing.
How do you handle exceptions without breaking the whole flow?
Every automation we build has explicit exception paths. Failed runs are queued, alerted and visible in a dashboard. Nothing is silently discarded.
Our systems are old and don't have good APIs can you still integrate them?
Often yes. We have connected legacy systems via SFTP file exchange, email parsing, browser automation and vendor-specific SDKs. We tell you upfront if something is not feasible.
How long before we see results?
Most clients have their first automation live within three weeks of starting the process audit. Measurable time savings in the first month.
What happens if a vendor changes their API?
We monitor the APIs we integrate with and handle breaking changes as part of a retainer. For project engagements, we document the integration points and the fix is typically straightforward.
08Next

Tell us where your team wastes the most time.

A 30-minute call and we can usually identify two or three flows worth automating. No commitment required.