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SCHULTE & CO. · SCHEDULE B · THE AI PRACTICE · SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRUCTURAL SURVEY

A roadmap,
not a toolbox.

Most companies are adopting AI the way a junk drawer adopts chargers: one purchase at a time, in the hope that it adds up to a system. It never does.

Alignment is not something you buy. It is something you draw. We survey the organization function by function, find the work where agents genuinely belong, and hand leadership a sequenced roadmap in which every line has an owner, a measure, and a date.

EVERY FUNCTION SURVEYED·CANDIDATES COSTED BEFORE BUILT·ONE SEQUENCED ROADMAP·EVERY LINE OWNED
THE DRAWERCOPILOT ×40CHATBOT“AI” ADD-ONPILOT #3NOTETAKERAGENT BETAPROMPT PACKNO SHARED DATA · NO OWNER · NO SEQUENCESURVEYED & REDRAWNTHE DRAWINGNOWPHASE 1PHASE 2AI-NATIVESALESOPERATIONSDATA SPINEDSHSOL

FIG. B1 · THE SAME SPEND, TWICE. ABOVE: PURCHASED AND HOPED FOR. BELOW: SURVEYED, SEQUENCED, AND OWNED.

FIG. B2

The Tool Pile

A DOLLAR OF TOOL SPEND, AUDITED

Ask a company what its AI strategy is and you will usually hear an inventory: which copilots were bought, which pilots are running, which chatbot sits in the help desk. An inventory is not a strategy. Nobody can say which workflow changed, whose number moved, or who owns the outcome.

HOW THE PILE ACCUMULATES
P-01A license for every teamSPEND
P-02A pilot that demos well, then stallsSTALL
P-03A chatbot no process asked forNOISE
P-04Two tools doing the same jobOVERLAP
P-05Data the tools cannot shareSILO
P-06Outcomes nobody ownsDRIFT

EACH LINE DEFENSIBLE ALONE. TOGETHER, A DRAWER.

THE STANDING RULE FROM THE STRUCTURAL SURVEY STILL GOVERNS HERE: DO NOT AUTOMATE A BAD PROCESS

WHERE THE DOLLAR SITSCAPTURED IN OWNED WORKFLOWS22¢UNUSED SEATS24¢OVERLAPPING LICENSES18¢STALLED PILOTS21¢SHELFWARE, NO OWNER15¢78¢ OF EVERY DOLLAR NEVER REACHESAN OWNED WORKFLOW.THE SURVEY EXISTS TO INVERT THIS PIE.

FIG. B2 · A DOLLAR OF TOOL SPEND, AUDITED. ONLY THE OXIDE SLICE IS DOING OWNED WORK.

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1CAPTURED IN OWNED WORKFLOWS · 22¢
2UNUSED SEATS · 24¢
3OVERLAPPING LICENSES · 18¢
4STALLED PILOTS · 21¢
5SHELFWARE, NO OWNER · 15¢ · 78¢ NEVER REACHES OWNED WORK
FIG. B3

The Function Survey

EVERY FUNCTION · EVERY SOP · EVERY SYSTEM

The roadmap starts in the field, not in a catalog. With your function leaders we map the organization as it actually runs. With the people doing the work we walk every standing procedure step by step, because the point of each step, for the customer, the business, and the employee, has to survive the redesign. Automate work you do not understand and you have only made the mess faster.

SALES & PIPELINEMARKETINGCLIENT RELATIONSOPERATIONSFINANCE & ADMINDATA & SYSTEMSLEAD TRIAGEQUOTE ASSEMBLYDISCOVERY CALLSDORMANT ACCOUNTSCONTENT DRAFTSCAMPAIGN QABRAND VOICELIST HYGIENESTATUS UPDATESESCALATIONSONBOARDING PACKSMEETING NOTESJOB SCHEDULINGINVOICE MATCHINGVENDOR CHASESITE REVIEWSEXPENSE CODINGCLOSE CHECKLISTFORECAST NOTESPAYROLL PREPCRM HYGIENEREPORT BUILDSACCESS REVIEWSARCHIVE SEARCH11 AGENT CANDIDATES6 ASSISTED7 STAY HUMAN24 SOPS WALKEDMARKS SETTLED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK
SALES & PIPELINE
◆LEAD TRIAGEAGENT
◐QUOTE ASSEMBLYASSISTED
●DISCOVERY CALLSHUMAN
◆DORMANT ACCOUNTSAGENT
MARKETING
◐CONTENT DRAFTSASSISTED
◆CAMPAIGN QAAGENT
●BRAND VOICEHUMAN
◆LIST HYGIENEAGENT
CLIENT RELATIONS
◆STATUS UPDATESAGENT
●ESCALATIONSHUMAN
◐ONBOARDING PACKSASSISTED
◆MEETING NOTESAGENT
OPERATIONS
◐JOB SCHEDULINGASSISTED
◆INVOICE MATCHINGAGENT
◆VENDOR CHASEAGENT
●SITE REVIEWSHUMAN
FINANCE & ADMIN
◆EXPENSE CODINGAGENT
◐CLOSE CHECKLISTASSISTED
●FORECAST NOTESHUMAN
●PAYROLL PREPHUMAN
DATA & SYSTEMS
◆CRM HYGIENEAGENT
◐REPORT BUILDSASSISTED
●ACCESS REVIEWSHUMAN
◆ARCHIVE SEARCHAGENT

24 SOPS WALKED · ◆ 11 AGENT CANDIDATES · ◐ 6 ASSISTED · ● 7 STAY HUMAN

FOR EVERY CANDIDATE: WHY THE WORK EXISTS · WHO TOUCHES IT · WHICH SYSTEMS CARRY IT · WHAT IT COSTS TODAY
WITH FUNCTION LEADERS
The map. Functions, handoffs, priorities, and what growth is asking of each of them.
WITH THE OPERATORS
The truth. The steps as they are actually done, the workarounds, and the why behind every one.
FIG. B4

One Candidate, Dissected

WHY · SYSTEMS · FEASIBILITY · VALUE

Every candidate earns its place one dissection at a time. Here is the anatomy for a single procedure, a dormant-account re-engagement, written up from our field notes.

TRIGGERAN ACCOUNT GOES QUIET.45 DAYS, NO LOGGEDACTIVITY.STEP 01PULL THE HISTORYWHYTHE TOUCH MUSTKNOW THE ACCOUNTSYSTEMSCRM · MAIL ARCHIVESTEP 02SCORE THE ACCOUNTWHYNOT EVERY QUIET ACCOUNTSHOULD BE CHASEDSYSTEMSCRM · BILLINGSTEP 03DRAFT THE TOUCHWHYIT MUST SOUND LIKEITS OWNER WROTE ITSYSTEMSMAIL · TEMPLATESSTEP 04REVIEW & SENDWHYA PERSON STAYSON THE SENDSYSTEMSMAIL · QUEUETHE STACK GATECAN THE SYSTEMS YOU ALREADY OWN CARRY IT?THE ROADMAP SAYS SO BEFORE A DOLLAR MOVES.OUTCOMEA SPECIFIC TOUCHIN 60 SECONDS,NOT 12 MINUTES.REVIEWED BY APERSON, EVERYTIME.

FIG. B4 · THE WHY RIDES WITH EVERY STEP. AUTOMATION THAT DROPS THE WHY DROPS THE VALUE WITH IT.

▸TRIGGER
AN ACCOUNT GOES QUIET. 45 DAYS, NO LOGGED ACTIVITY.
01PULL THE HISTORY
WHY: THE TOUCH MUST KNOW THE ACCOUNT
SYSTEMS: CRM · MAIL ARCHIVE
02SCORE THE ACCOUNT
WHY: NOT EVERY QUIET ACCOUNT SHOULD BE CHASED
SYSTEMS: CRM · BILLING
03DRAFT THE TOUCH
WHY: IT MUST SOUND LIKE ITS OWNER WROTE IT
SYSTEMS: MAIL · TEMPLATES
04REVIEW & SEND
WHY: A PERSON STAYS ON THE SEND
SYSTEMS: MAIL · QUEUE
◇THE STACK GATE
CAN THE SYSTEMS YOU ALREADY OWN CARRY IT? IF NOT, THE ROADMAP SAYS SO BEFORE A DOLLAR MOVES.
■OUTCOME
A SPECIFIC TOUCH IN 60 SECONDS, NOT 12 MINUTES. REVIEWED BY A PERSON, EVERY TIME.
THE CUSTOMER
A relevant touch that knows the account, not a generic drip.
THE BUSINESS
Dormant pipeline reopened at close to zero marginal labor.
THE EMPLOYEE
The guilt-work leaves the desk. The judgment stays on it.

THREE HOLDS, CHECKED FOR EVERY CANDIDATE. IF ANY ONE FAILS, THE CANDIDATE IS STRUCK.

CANDIDATE No. 07 · WEEKLY STATUS RE-KEYINGRETIRED, NOT AUTOMATED.
THE STEP EXISTED ONLY BECAUSE TWO SYSTEMS DID NOT SPEAK. THE BEST AUTOMATION IS DELETION.
FIG. B5

The Roadmap

SEQUENCED · PHASED · FUNDED BY ITS OWN RETURNS

What survives costing is sequenced, not launched all at once. Data work precedes the agents that depend on it. The first build is chosen to pay for the second. Each phase ends at a measure, and the measure decides whether the next line starts.

24 SOPS WALKED → 11 CANDIDATES MARKED → 6 SURVIVE COSTING → 2 IN THE FIRST BUILD
NOWPHASE 1PHASE 2AI-NATIVESALESCLIENT RELATIONSOPERATIONSFINANCEDATA SPINEDATA SPINE: CRM ↔ BILLING · DATA STEWARDDSDORMANT RE-ENGAGEMENT · HEAD OF SALESHSVENDOR CHASE · OPS LEADOLINVOICE MATCHING · CONTROLLERCTSTATUS & MEETING AGENTS · CR LEADCRPIPELINE AGENT · PROPOSED

INK: COMMITTED AND COSTED · DASHED OCHRE: PROPOSED, AWAITING ITS GATE · EVERY BAR CARRIES AN OWNER

SALES
DORMANT RE-ENGAGEMENT · HEAD OF SALESPIPELINE AGENT · PROPOSED
CLIENT RELATIONS
STATUS & MEETING AGENTS · CR LEAD
OPERATIONS
VENDOR CHASE · OPS LEAD
FINANCE
INVOICE MATCHING · CONTROLLER
DATA SPINE
DATA SPINE: CRM ↔ BILLING · DATA STEWARD

INK: COMMITTED AND COSTED · DASHED OCHRE: PROPOSED, AWAITING ITS GATE · EVERY BAR CARRIES AN OWNER

NO BIG BANG. THE ROADMAP IS A SEQUENCE OF PROOFS, EACH ONE FUNDING THE NEXT.
THE GATE FROM SCHEDULE A STILL HOLDS: NOTHING IS BUILT UNTIL IT IS COSTED.

FIG. B6

The Ownership Register

TOOLS DO NOT OWN OUTCOMES · PEOPLE DO

The reason tool piles fail is not the tools. It is that nothing in the pile has a name attached. On our roadmap, ownership is a column, not a hope: every line names the person who answers for the measure, and the cadence on which they answer.

LINEINITIATIVEOWNERMEASUREREVIEW
R-01Dormant-account re-engagementHEAD OF SALESREPLIES / WKWEEKLY
R-02Invoice matching agentCONTROLLERDAYS TO CLOSEMONTHLY
R-03Knowledge capture & archive searchOPS LEADTIME TO ANSWERMONTHLY
R-04Data spine: CRM ↔ billingDATA STEWARDMATCH RATEWEEKLY

WHEN A MEASURE DRIFTS, THE ROADMAP IS REDRAWN. A ROADMAP THAT CANNOT CHANGE IS A POSTER.

EXECUTIVE SPONSOR
Clears the path. Answers for the whole schedule.
FUNCTION OWNER
Answers for the measure on every line in their lane.
PROCESS STEWARD
Keeps the SOP true as the work changes.
DATA STEWARD
Keeps the systems speaking to each other.
WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH
D-01The function map, as the company actually runs
D-02The costed candidate register, survivors and struck alike
D-03The phased roadmap, sequenced by dependency and return
D-04The ownership register, with measures and cadence
D-05The first working build, proven, taught, and handed back

WE DO NOT STOP AT PAPER. SCHEDULE A GOVERNS THE BUILD: BUILD · PROVE · TEACH · HAND BACK

A NOTE ON TEMPLATE LIBRARIES
An industry template can tell you what companies like yours automate. It cannot tell you why your steps exist, which of them should not, or who will answer for the outcome. That takes a survey, and a surveyor.
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