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AI readiness review

An AI readiness assessment that ends in a working demonstration.

A short, fixed piece of work. We look at how your work really happens, rank the processes worth rebuilding, choose the one to start with and prove it can work by running it on your own data. It is an AI audit you can see working.

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

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What will be running

A working demonstration, not only a report.

  • The working thing

    A working demonstration of the process we recommend you start with, running on a sample of your own data, so you see it do the work before you decide anything.

  • Where it runs

    In Microsoft Azure, in your tenancy or ours, with your data kept in-country and never used to train a model.

  • How it is measured

    The review ends by agreeing the measure and the baseline you would hold us to. If you build with us, our fee is tied to at least 3x on that measure.

The ranked list and the report are by-products. The working demonstration is the point.

The offer

The AI readiness assessment.

A short and fixed piece of work with a clear end. It is scoped before it starts, so you know what you will have when it finishes.

What is included

  • A walk through how the work happens today, with the people who do it
  • A ranked list of processes by value, risk and readiness
  • The one process to start with, and why
  • A working feasibility demonstration on your own data
  • The measure and the baseline we would be paid against
  • A written view of the data, security and governance gaps

What you provide

  • Time with the people who do the work today
  • A sample of the data the first process uses
  • A named owner who can agree the measure

What you are left with

  • A ranked list you can act on, with or without us
  • A demonstration you can show your board and your security team
  • A measure and a baseline written down
  • A clear recommendation on whether to build
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Today and rebuilt

Why AI readiness is hard to judge

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Today

Many organisations know AI matters and do not know where to start. Everything looks possible, nothing is ranked, and every team has a different favourite.

A review that only produces a report does not settle the argument. People still ask whether it would really work on your data.

A confident woman smiling at work with her laptop
Rebuilt

A short, fixed review that ranks your processes, picks the first and shows it working on your own data.

Sample output

What the review gives you, with the names removed

This is the layout of the ranked list. The process names and the agreed measure are removed. In a real review every row is one of your own processes, and one is marked as the place to start.

Ranked processes, sample layout
ProcessValueRiskReadiness
Start hereHighLowHigh
HighMediumMedium
MediumLowHigh
MediumHighLow
  • The agreed measure
  • The baseline today
  • The target we are paid against
What we look at

An AI audit across five areas

  • Processes

    Where reading, checking, re-keying and chasing take the time.

  • Data

    What exists, where it lives, who can see it and how clean it is.

  • Security and governance

    Permissions, approvals, logging and who is accountable.

  • Systems

    What the first workflow must connect to, and how.

  • People

    Who owns the process and how their role changes.

The work, rebuilt

What the AI readiness assessment gives you

  • 01

    A ranked list

    Your processes in order of value, risk and readiness.

  • 02

    A starting point

    One process chosen, with the reasoning written down.

  • 03

    A working demonstration

    The chosen process running on your own data, so feasibility is shown and not argued.

  • 04

    A measure to be held to

    The baseline and the 3x measure agreed before anything is built.

Four steps

How it works

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  1. Step 1

    Look

    We walk through how the work happens today and where the time goes.

  2. Step 2

    Rank

    We rank the processes by value, risk and readiness.

  3. Step 3

    Demonstrate

    We run the best candidate on a sample of your own data.

  4. Step 4

    Decide

    We agree the measure and the baseline, and you decide whether to build.

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 the review, 3x is measured on the process we choose as the starting point, such as the time from request to completion or cases handled per person, against the baseline we agree during the review. It is written down before any build begins.

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

How we charge →
Proof from our own products

The same approach runs our own products.

Each of these is Sendient’s own product, built around one clear process with a person making the final decision.

  • 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

    SmartEducator

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

  • 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.

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 products we built and run

  • 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

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly and a person will reply.

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Is the review a report, or something I can see working?

Both, but the demonstration comes first. We run the process you should start with on a sample of your own data, then write up the ranked list and the measure.

How long does the review take?

It is short and fixed. We agree the scope and what you will have at the end before it starts, so there are no surprises.

What do we need to provide?

Time with the people who do the work, a sample of the data the first process uses, and a named owner. We do the rest.

How is the fee tied to the result?

The review ends with a measure and a baseline written down. If you then build with us, our fee for the build is tied to at least 3x improvement on that measure.

Start here

Ask for a readiness review.

Tell us the area of the business you are weighing up. We will reply with how a review would work for you.

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

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