The AI Audit
Every vendor says AI will transform your business. Your board wants an AI strategy. Your competitors claim they're "leveraging AI." But nobody's answering the question that actually matters:
Where will AI create real value in your operations—and where is it just expensive hype?
Our AI Audit gives you a clear-eyed, engineer's assessment of where automation opportunities actually exist, which ones are worth pursuing, and what it would take to make them work.
Process Discovery
We spend 1-2 days with your team—on-site or remote—mapping your actual workflows. Not the org chart version. The real one, with all the workarounds, bottlenecks, and manual steps your people have learned to live with.
What you get
Opportunity Scorecard
Every potential automation opportunity scored on four dimensions:
| Impact | What's the actual ROI? Time saved, errors eliminated, costs reduced. |
| Feasibility | Is your data ready? What's the integration complexity? |
| Adoption Risk | Will people actually use it? What changes are required? |
| Strategic Fit | Does this align with where your business is headed? |
Prioritized Roadmap
A concrete action plan—not a slide deck full of buzzwords:
- Ranked opportunities with realistic ROI projections
- Quick wins you can start immediately
- Strategic initiatives worth planning for
- Recommendations on build vs. buy
- Data and infrastructure prerequisites
- What to avoid (and why)
What This Isn't
Not a sales pitch. We don't resell AI platforms. We have no incentive to recommend technology you don't need.
Not a generic report. Every audit is specific to your operations, your data, your constraints.
Not theoretical. We focus on what you can actually implement, not what sounds impressive in a boardroom.
Who It's For
Operations leaders who:
- Know there are probably automation opportunities, but don't know where to start
- Need to justify AI investments with real numbers, not vendor promises
- Have been burned by technology projects before
- Work in industries where data security matters
Industries: Construction, Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Green Building, Healthcare Administration, Specialty Agriculture
The Investment
$4,500 for most organizations
Includes:
- 1-2 day discovery workshop
- Process documentation
- Opportunity Scorecard
- Prioritized roadmap document
- 60-minute findings review
Delivered in 2-3 weeks.
For complex operations or multiple locations, we offer extended assessments. Contact us for a custom quote.
What Happens Next
The audit stands alone. You'll walk away with a clear picture of your AI opportunities whether or not you engage us further.
If the roadmap identifies opportunities worth pursuing, we offer:
Implementation Partnership — We help you build or integrate the right solutions, with structured onboarding to ensure your team actually adopts them.
Adoption Support & Continuous Improvement — Ongoing engagement to track what's working, identify friction points, and iterate. We measure success by outcomes, not project completion.
But there's no pressure. The audit deliverable is yours whether or not you engage us further.
Our Approach to AI
We're not just consultants—we're practitioners. Rational Boxes actively develops and sponsors open source AI components and drop-in features that solve real business problems.
This means:
- We stay current with what actually works (not just what's trending)
- We can often accelerate your implementation with proven components
- We contribute back to the tools and communities we rely on
- You benefit from solutions battle-tested across multiple deployments
When we recommend a technical approach, it's because we've built with it ourselves.
Ready?
Stop guessing. Get the engineering analysis you need to make confident decisions about AI.
(360) 842-3285 · contact@rationalboxes.com
One Question We Always Get
"What if you find AI isn't right for us?"
Then we tell you that. We might recommend simpler automation, process improvements, or foundational work that should come first. Saving you from a six-figure mistake is a win for both of us.
