A structured first step
AI Process Analysis
In 2 to 3 weeks, you will know whether and how AI can improve one important process in your business, and what to do next.
What is included
- Focused analysis of one business area.
- Conversations with the people involved in the work.
- A clear build-now or redesign-first recommendation.
- Written report and presentation of findings with clear next steps.
Tanner Lab Process-First Framework
We start with the process in the selected business area: how work flows, where people get slowed down, and what outcome matters. Where the process is ready, we recommend a contained AI solution. Where it is not, we recommend redesign first, so automation strengthens the right process rather than scaling the wrong one.
How it works
- 1
Initial conversation. Define the business area, desired outcome, current concerns, and the people involved in the work.
- 2
Conversations with the people involved in the work. Understand how work actually happens, where time is lost, and where friction appears.
- 3
Problem identification. Describe bottlenecks, recurring work, and the improvement opportunities worth assessing.
- 4
Automation and Reengineering Analysis. Each relevant opportunity is considered through three questions:
- What outcome are we trying to improve?
- Could AI automation create meaningful value here?
- Should the process be redesigned, not just automated, to get there?
- 5
Written report. Executive summary, current situation, identified problems, build-now or redesign-first assessment, recommendation, and next steps.
- 6
Presentation and discussion. Walk through findings, answer questions.
AI Process Analysis
Report
1. Executive summary
3.2 Two clear buckets:
Build now.
Ready for a contained tool, with start-here recommendation, roadmap, and rough ROI.
Redesign first.
Not ready for automation yet. We name the issue and recommend the redesign path.
3.3 Recommended next steps
Why we work this way
AI is most useful when the underlying process is understood first. If a workflow is unclear, slow, or suboptimally designed, putting a model on top can make the problems harder to see. Our framework is built on Business Process Reengineering, Michael Hammer's HBR work from 1990, updated for the AI era. The discipline is simple: measure, analyse, redesign, then automate.
We're explicit with you about both possible outcomes. If your process needs rethinking before any AI lands on it, we'll say so, even when that means we don't get the immediate build engagement. When we do recommend building, you'll know we mean it.
Methodology: Tanner Lab Process-First Framework. Grounded in Business Process Reengineering (Hammer, 1990) and modern process-aware AI practice.
Which process would you like to automate?
Describe your idea or recurring workload. We will respond with a pragmatic next step.