Case studies

Receipts, not promises.

Three builds, three businesses, numbers they'd repeat in front of their accountant. Names anonymised until clients opt in — the workflows are real.

Estate agency · Poole01

Cut admin time by 56%.

A five-branch independent drowning in portal enquiries. Every email read twice, every viewing booked by phone tennis, every CRM update done at 7pm.

Portal enquiry Tandem agent CRM updated Reply in 4 min Viewing booked

The problem

  • 200+ portal enquiries a week across branches
  • Average first reply: 9 working hours
  • Negotiators doing CRM admin every evening

The build — live in 2 weeks

  • Agent triages and answers every enquiry
  • Qualifies applicants against the book
  • Books viewings straight into diaries + CRM
56%
Admin time cut
4 min
Average first reply
2 wks
Idea to live
0
Missed enquiries since
“It's like hiring someone who never sleeps — and never forgets to follow up. The negotiators got their evenings back.”
Director, five-branch estate agency, Poole

Recruitment · Bournemouth02

3 hours a day, per consultant, back.

A specialist recruiter where consultants spent mornings screening CVs against briefs and afternoons playing calendar ping-pong with candidates.

3 job boards in Screened vs the brief Interview booked

The problem

  • Every CV read manually, against memory of the brief
  • Shortlists took two days; clients chased
  • Interview scheduling ate the afternoons

The build — live in 3 weeks

  • Screening agent scores every applicant vs the actual brief
  • Overnight shortlists with reasons, not just rankings
  • Self-serve interview booking, synced to consultant diaries
3 hrs
Back per consultant, daily
100%
CVs screened vs brief
1 night
Shortlist turnaround
3 wks
Idea to live
“We didn't change how we work. It just got faster. The consultants spend the time selling, which is the job.”
Managing Director, recruitment firm, Bournemouth

E-commerce · Dorset03

4 manual handoffs → 1 agent.

A growing online retailer where every order passed through four pairs of hands: order desk, accounts, warehouse, customer service. Busy weeks meant dropped steps.

Order placed Invoice + dispatch handled Follow-up sent

The problem

  • Four handoffs per order, each a chance to drop it
  • Invoices lagging dispatch by days
  • No follow-up emails when things got busy

The build — live in 2 weeks

  • One agent runs order → invoice → dispatch note → follow-up
  • Exceptions flagged to a human, everything else flows
  • Daily summary so the owner still sees everything
4 → 1
Handoffs per order
100%
Orders followed up
Same day
Invoicing, every time
2 wks
Idea to live
“The busywork just disappeared. Nobody misses it. Busy weeks feel like normal weeks now.”
Operations Lead, e-commerce retailer, Dorset

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