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Thinking about business automation.
Not generic AI hype. Specific observations about how businesses operate, where manual work is most expensive, and what technology actually helps.
These articles are being written based on real workflow discovery conversations. Notify me when published → maheshchaube333@gmail.com
Finance Automation
Why finance teams still use Excel for reconciliation
The software exists. The integrations exist. So why does reconciliation still happen in spreadsheets? We explore the operational and organisational reasons finance teams default to Excel — and what it costs.
AI in Practice
Where AI actually works in invoice processing
Vendor names, amounts, dates, line items, GL codes. Invoice processing sounds automatable. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn't. Here's how to tell the difference before you build anything.
Operational Efficiency
5 manual workflows costing finance teams thousands of hours
After mapping dozens of finance operations, a pattern emerges. The same five workflows appear in almost every organisation above a certain size — and none of them should be manual.
AI Strategy
AI agents vs traditional automation: when to use each
AI agents are powerful. Traditional automation is reliable. Most businesses need both — but for different tasks. A practical framework for deciding which approach fits your workflow.
Workflow Discovery
What we learned from mapping 20 finance workflows
Every company describes their process differently. But underneath the language, the same structural problems appear again and again. Here's what we found — and what it implies about where to automate first.
For Executives
How to calculate the cost of a manual process before automating it
Volume × time × people × cost. It sounds simple. In practice, most organisations have never done this calculation. We walk through the methodology and what the number usually reveals.
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Why I write about business workflows, not technology trends.
Most technology writing is about the technology. I'm more interested in the operational problem it's supposed to solve. These articles come out of real conversations with finance and operations teams — what they actually do every day, why they do it manually, and what it would actually take to change that.
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