You Already Know Where the Problems Are. We’ll Show You What They’re Costing You.

The Carve AI Operations Audit maps your workflows, puts a real dollar figure on the waste, and delivers a prioritized 12-month roadmap — so you know exactly what to automate first and what it’s worth.

Paid engagement. Fixed scope. No retainer required to get started.

The Tension

Your Team Isn’t Underperforming. Your Processes Are.

Growth-stage businesses between $3M and $20M hit a ceiling that looks like a people problem. It’s almost never a people problem.

It’s order backlogs that didn’t have to pile up. Invoices re-entered by hand into three systems. Inventory sync errors caught at 9pm. Supplier follow-ups that fell through because nobody had time.

Your team is doing that work every day. They’re not behind. They’re trapped. The Carve AI Operations Audit finds exactly where those traps are, puts a number on them, and gives you the roadmap to get out. 

Not a Consultation. A Deliverable.

Not a Consultation. A Deliverable.

This isn’t a discovery call that turns into a proposal. It’s a structured engagement with a clear output: a written audit report your leadership team can act on.

Day 01Process Mapping

We kick off with your operations leader and key stakeholders. We review how your orders flow, how invoices get processed, where data gets re-entered, and where things break. We document current-state workflows — not in theory, but as they actually run.

We map workflows visually, quantify waste in real dollars (hours of manual work × cost of labor), and score every automation opportunity by ROI potential versus implementation complexity.

We present findings directly to your decision-maker: where you’re losing time and money, what to automate first, what the ROI looks like, and what it costs to get there. 

You walk away with a written report — not talking points. 

Deliverables

What’s In the Report

FOUNDATION AUDIT

$1,500–$2,000

One workflow. One to two systems. Ideal for teams with a single clear bottleneck who want to validate the opportunity before committing to a full build.

Best fit: 20–40 person companies, ~100–200 transactions/month, one process causing real pain.

Most Common

PROFESSIONAL AUDIT

$3,500–$5,000

Two to four workflows. Three to five systems. The full picture for operators who know the problem is bigger than one process.

Best fit: 20–60 person companies, ~150–500 transactions/month, operational pain across multiple interconnected processes.

One question tells us: Do you have one workflow to scope, or multiple? 
One → Foundation. Two or more → Professional. 

Is This Right For You

This Engagement Is Right If

You’re running 100+ monthly transactions through a process that still relies on manual data entry
You’re the person who can say yes to fixing it — or you’re bringing this to that person
You’ve invested in operations improvement before, or you understand what it costs not to
You’re in e-commerce, automotive aftermarket, manufacturing, logistics, or 3PL

And the wrong fit if

You’re early-stage with minimal transaction volume and just exploring AI. We’d rather point you toward better-fit resources than waste your time and ours.

The Audit Is the Start, Not the Finish

Most clients who complete a Professional Audit move directly into a Phase 1
implementation — typically 1–2 workflows, built in 3–4 weeks, at a fixed price.

Once the foundation is live, we stay on as your managed AI Operations Partner: monitoring, optimizing, and continuously expanding what automation handles in the background.

The audit pays for itself. One workflow that saves 80 hours a month — at $15/hour burdened labor — returns $1,200/month in recovered capacity. The roadmap we build you typically identifies three to five opportunities at that scale. The audit fee is a rounding error.

Objections

Heard Before. Answered Honestly.

Tools don’t fail because the technology is bad. They fail because nobody mapped the process first, managed the change, or stayed accountable for the outcome. That’s what the audit is for — and what we do differently.
You don’t manage this project. We do. You give us 3–5 hours of stakeholder time over a week. We do the rest. If you’re too busy to find out how much time you’re losing, that’s the signal — not the objection.
If you’re running 100+ monthly transactions through a manual process, the math almost always works. The audit tells you whether it does — before you commit to anything bigger. That’s exactly what it’s designed for.

Pricing

Clear Prices. No Surprises.

Price
Workflows Scoped
Systems Involved
Stakeholder Interviews
Timeline
Deliverable
Best For
Foundation Audit
Price
$1,500–$2,000
Workflows Scoped
1
Systems Involved
1–2
Stakeholder Interviews
1–2
Timeline
1–2 days
Deliverable
Workflow map +
opportunity summary

Best For

Single bottleneck, proof of concept
Professional Audit
Price
$3,500–$5,000
Workflows Scoped
2–4
Systems Involved
3–5
Stakeholder Interviews
3–5
Timeline
2–3 days / 5–7 calendar days
Deliverable
Full workflow maps + 12 month roadmap + ROI estimates

Best For

Multiple processes, comprehensive roadmap
Payment due at engagement start. Standalone fixed-scope deliverable. No retainer required.

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Ready to See What Manual Operations Are Actually Costing You?

The discovery call is 30 minutes. We qualify fast, tell you honestly which audit fits, and get you booked within the week if it’s a match.

No slides. No pitch deck. Just a direct conversation about where your operations are leaking — and whether we’re the right team to fix it.

Carve Solutions — Intelligent automation that scales your business and elevates your team.