AI readiness assessment that ends in fixed prices
A fixed-fee first step that shows which jobs to automate and what each will cost.
An AI readiness assessment from Derec is a fixed-fee review of up to three of your workflows, for small and mid-sized businesses in the UK and the UAE. We map each one with the people who run it, rank them by time saved and risk, and give you a written report with a fixed price for each build.
Find out which job to automate first, and what it will cost
Before you pay for a build, you learn where to start, what it costs, and what could go wrong.
By hand
Customer returns at many online sellers
- A return request arrivesBy email, marketplace message, or phone.
- Someone finds the orderIn Shopify, the marketplace, or accounts.
- They check your returns policyFrom memory, so it depends who answers.
- They book a courier and chase itWith a note to check later.
- They refund and fix stockOnce it is back, if someone remembers.
Automated
The same return, automated
- Requests are read on arrivalFrom inbox, website form, or marketplace.
- The order is checked against your policyWith a reason for each decision.
- A reply and courier booking are draftedFor your team to check.
- The return is trackedThen stock is updated.
- Your team approves the refundNothing is paid until a person says yes.
What happens in an AI readiness assessment
The same four stages in the UK and the UAE, remotely or on site.
You choose up to three workflows
Pick the jobs that take the most time or stall when one person is away.Who: someone who can decide
We sit with the people who run them
Each person shows us the job on screen, including unwritten workarounds.Who: an hour or two with each person
We check what a build would need
It covers the four checks set out below.Who: whoever can give access to your systems
We rank them and price each build
Each workflow is ranked by time saved and risk in a written report.Who: whoever decides what happens next
- The week's timesheets closeFrom your timesheet toolTrigger
- AI checks the hours against each contractRates, caps, and unbillable timeAI step
- Draft invoices are builtIn Xero, QuickBooks, or Zoho BooksYour systems
- Anything unusual is explainedOver a cap, no order number, or out of scopeAI step
- Finance approves each invoiceNothing is sent until a person says yesApproval
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What we check in each workflow
Four checks decide whether a job is ready and how to build it.
- Data access
- Where the job's data sits, whether each system connects safely, and who grants access. The report flags any that cannot.
- Where the work lives
- Every inbox, WhatsApp chat, spreadsheet, portal, and paper form it passes through. What sits in one person's head gets written down.
- What can go wrong
- What a wrong answer would cost, which unusual cases come up, and what the automation must never do alone.
- Where a person must approve
- Every step that sends, pays, or publishes gets a named approver, and judgement calls stay with a person.
What the written report contains
One report on the workflows you chose, in this order.
How each workflow runs today
Every step, who does it, and the systems it touches.
What we would automate
What AI or connected systems take over, and what stays with a person.
The ranking
By time saved and risk, with the reason for each place.
Risks and approvals
Each risk, its guard, and who approves.
What each build needs
Access, accounts, and someone on your team to test it.
A fixed price per build
In GBP or AED, beside the monthly running cost.
What we would leave alone
Jobs not worth automating yet, and why.
Where the assessment fits
It is the middle step, and you can stop after any step.
Tell us the job
Free
Describe one task your team does by hand.
- A written reply within one working day
- Whether it is worth automating
- Which workflows to bring
AI readiness assessment
Price agreed before work starts
Up to three workflows, mapped and ranked.
- An hour or two with each person involved
- A report with a fixed price per build
- The fee comes off your first build
Build
Price agreed before work starts
We build in your accounts, test on real cases, then switch it on.
- A fixed price in GBP or AED
- Running costs shown before you say yes
- 30 days of fixes after go-live at no charge
How the assessment is priced
A fixed fee in pounds for the UK or dirhams for the UAE, agreed in writing before we start.
The fee depends on how many workflows you bring, up to three, and the people and systems each involves.
If you go ahead, the fee comes off your first build.
Invoices come from our UAE company, Langley And Verve FZ-LLC, licensed by the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone under licence 47036443. How we work covers what happens after the report.
Questions about the assessment
What is an AI readiness assessment?
It is a fixed-price piece of work that shows which jobs in your business AI can take on safely. We map up to three workflows, rank them by time saved and risk, and give you a written report with a fixed price for each build.
Is this the same as an AI audit or an AI maturity assessment?
Some firms use those names for similar work. Ours looks at up to three of your real workflows and ends with a fixed price for each build.
How much does an AI readiness assessment cost?
It has a fixed fee, agreed in writing before we start, in pounds or dirhams. The report is yours to keep whatever you decide, and if you go ahead with a build, the fee comes off your first build.
Who needs to be involved, and for how long?
An hour or two with each person who runs the workflow, plus someone who can decide and someone who can give access to the systems involved. In a smaller firm, that may be one person.
Can you assess teams in both the UK and the UAE?
Yes, on the same terms in both countries, remotely or on site, quoted in pounds or dirhams. For advice beyond three workflows, see AI consultancy for the UK or AI consultancy in Dubai for the UAE.
Tell us which workflows you would bring
A few lines on your jobs done by hand will do. Within one working day, you hear in writing if an assessment fits.