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AI implementation

AI implementation that starts with one department.

For technology and operations leaders. AI implementation does not need a whole enterprise programme. A department can buy one workflow, with one scope, one fee basis and one acceptance test, and have it running on real work.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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What will be running

AI implementation for one department, running on real work.

  • The working thing

    One department’s workflow, rebuilt around agents and running on real work, with a person signing off what matters.

  • Where it runs

    In your own Azure, on your own data, with every action logged.

  • How it is measured

    Against a baseline the department agrees first, such as time per case or cases per person. Our fee is tied to at least 3x on that measure.

The offer

One workflow for one department.

A single, self contained piece of AI implementation that a department can approve without waiting for an enterprise programme.

What is included

  • One workflow, scoped with the department
  • A baseline and a measure agreed in writing
  • The workflow built and running on real work
  • An acceptance test you agree up front
  • Controls and an audit trail from the start

What you provide

  • A department sponsor
  • Access to the data and systems the workflow uses
  • People to test it with

What you are left with

  • A working workflow in the department
  • A measured result
  • A pattern other departments can reuse
  • A roadmap built from what worked
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Today and rebuilt

Why AI implementation needs a smaller start

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Today

AI transformation is often pitched as a company wide programme. It needs a budget line, a steering group and a long wait, and the department that wanted help is still doing the work by hand.

The risk with a large programme is that nothing real is running until late. A smaller, measured start gives you evidence to take to everyone else.

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Rebuilt

AI implementation one department at a time, with one workflow, one scope, one fee basis and one acceptance test.

How a department buys

One workflow, one scope, one fee basis, one acceptance test

  • 01

    One workflow

    The single process the department wants to change.

  • 02

    One scope

    What is built, what is not, and who owns it.

  • 03

    One fee basis

    The measure and the baseline, with our fee tied to at least 3x on it.

  • 04

    One acceptance test

    How you will decide, together, that it works.

Who gets what

What technology and operations leaders get

  • Technology leaders

    A working pattern for data, models, identity and logging that other departments can reuse.

  • Operations leaders

    One process measurably faster, with a person still in charge of the outcome.

  • Security and risk

    Controls built in from the start, with an audit trail you can inspect.

By-product

The roadmap comes second

Once the first workflow is live, the AI roadmap is no longer a guess. It lists the next workflows in order of value and risk, with the data and controls each needs. AI transformation then happens one proven workflow at a time.

The work, rebuilt

What AI implementation delivers

  • 01

    A scoped workflow

    One process, one owner, one measure.

  • 02

    Agents on real work

    Rebuilt around agents, with a person signing off what matters.

  • 03

    Controls from the start

    Permissions, approvals and logging in place before go live.

  • 04

    A roadmap from evidence

    The next workflows chosen from what worked.

Four steps

How it works

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  1. Step 1

    Scope

    We agree the workflow, the measure and the acceptance test.

  2. Step 2

    Build

    We build it to a written specification on your own data.

  3. Step 3

    Accept

    The department tries it on real work and signs it off.

  4. Step 4

    Extend

    We use the evidence to plan the next department.

Run and improve. After go live we keep the work running and keep improving it with you.

3×
At least 3x

What 3x is measured against

For implementation, 3x is measured on the department’s workflow, such as time from request to completion or cases handled per person, against the baseline the department agrees before we start.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

How we charge →
Proof from our own products

Our own products each do one job with a person in charge.

Each of these is Sendient’s own product, doing one job with a person in charge.

  • Our own product

    SmartAssessor

    Checks evidence against any standard, clause by clause, and shows the exact evidence behind every finding. A qualified person confirms every outcome.

  • Our own product

    SmartRecruits

    Runs first interviews in Microsoft Teams, matches CVs to jobs on meaning and screens candidates, with people making every hiring decision.

  • Our own product

    SmartEducator

    Marks written and typed work against your rubric, drafts feedback for the teacher to review, and runs oral assessment in Microsoft Teams.

Safe by design

Controls and governance

  • A person in charge

    Every system we build keeps a person in charge of the outcome, and every action is logged.

  • Data protected first

    Data is classified and protected before any model sees it, and access follows each user.

  • Your cloud, in country

    Built on Microsoft Azure, in Sendient’s tenant or your own, with data kept in-country.

  • Never trained on your data

    We never train models on your data. What you share stays yours.

Sendient holds Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Investors in People. See our certifications

Cyber Essentials PlusISO 27001ISO 9001Investors in People
See it working

AI we run ourselves

  • SmartAssessor

    Testing, inspection and compliance. Any standard, more than 100 integrations and a mobile app for inspections on site.

    See SmartAssessor →
  • SmartEducator

    For schools, universities and professional bodies. Marks written and typed work, detects AI, tailors learning and runs oral assessment in Teams.

    See SmartEducator →
  • SmartRecruits

    Agent-led interviews in Teams, CV and job matching on meaning, screening and shortlisting, working around the clock.

    See SmartRecruits →
  • SmartRetriever

    The right context for every person, department, location and country, with security and privacy built in.

    See SmartRetriever →
Good to know

Questions

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Do we need an enterprise AI programme first?

No. A single department can start with one workflow and one measure, and the evidence it produces informs everything that follows.

Where does the roadmap fit?

It comes second. We build the roadmap from what the first workflow taught us about your data, your controls and your people.

Who needs to be involved?

A sponsor in the department, the people who do the work, and a contact from technology or security for access and controls.

How is the fee tied to the result?

The department and Sendient agree the measure and the baseline first. The fee is tied to at least 3x improvement on it.

Start here

Tell us the process you want to change.

Tell us the department and the process. A person at Sendient will reply with how one workflow could be scoped.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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