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Systems Teardown

A brutally honest teardown of how your systems are built, their true costs, limits, and how to achieve full potential.

Two senior colleagues reviewing a diagram of connected systems on a wall screen

Do you recognise this?

  1. Your systems don’t talk to each other, so people bridge the gaps by hand.
  2. Data is slow, duplicated, inconsistent or simply unused.
  3. You’ve spent a lot on IT and the results aren’t there, and nobody can say what it really costs to run.
  4. Users complain, and nobody can say exactly why things are slow.
  5. You want to use AI, but you’re not sure where it belongs, where it doesn’t, or what it will cost.
  6. The people who built it have moved on, and nobody can say how it really works.

What we assess

  • How data moves through the businessWhere it is stored, how it is exchanged between systems, and where it stalls or gets copied.
  • Where data is blocked and holds results backThe specific points where slow, duplicated or inconsistent data holds back the business.
  • Legacy system review (keep, extend or retire)Which existing systems are worth keeping and extending, and which are costing you more than they return.
  • AI readinessAn honest view of whether your data and systems can support AI safely, and what has to change first.
  • Where not to use AIThe places AI should stay out, such as money, tax, payroll and regulated decisions, and the checks that keep a person in charge.
  • What it really costs to runThe total cost of ownership across your systems, including AI usage costs such as tokens, and where it can come down without losing quality.
  • How it should be structuredThe structure your systems should move towards, so the pieces connect, scale and run safely.
  • A roadmap written for business leadersA prioritised plan, written for the people who run the business, not just the IT team.

How it runs

  1. ConversationWe talk with you about the friction you see and agree the scope.
  2. InvestigationOur senior engineers map your systems and data flows with your team.
  3. FindingsWe walk you through what we found, straight and in plain language.
  4. PlanYou receive the prioritised roadmap. If you want us to deliver it, we can; if not, it is yours to use.

Thirty minutes with us, about your situation. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so.

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