Deliverable
Process maps
How work actually moves, team by team.
- Every handoff between people and tools
- Where information is retyped
- Where work waits, and on whom
Business operations audit
ZERO1 IO's operations audit is two days on site with your teams, then follow-up with each of them. You get process maps, every tool reviewed, bottlenecks measured in hours and dollars, and a 90-day plan. The results are yours whether or not we build anything, and the fee is credited in full if you continue to deployment.
Last updated 12 November 2026
What you get
A written diagnosis you can act on, with or without us.
Deliverable
Costs in hours and dollars
A price on every delay and every tool.
- Staff time spent on rework and retyping
- What each software subscription costs and whether it earns it
- Keep, replace or retire, tool by tool
Deliverable
A 90-day plan
Opportunities ranked by return.
- What to automate first, and why
- What an AI agent would do, and what stays with people
- Dates, owners and the expected result
How the audit runs
Short on purpose. You get the readout within the week.
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Day one: working sessions
We sit with each team and watch the work: intake, sales, operations, billing. We ask what waits, what gets redone and what nobody trusts.
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Day two: map and measure
We map how work moves between people and tools, and put hours and dollars on each stall.
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Follow-up and readout
We follow up with each team on open questions, then present the diagnosis and the 90-day plan to the owner.
What it costs
A fixed fee, agreed before we start.
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Fixed, not hourly
The fee is set on a call with a founder and depends on how many teams we sit with. There is no hourly clock.
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Credited in full
If you go on to deployment, the whole audit fee comes off that price.
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Yours to keep
The maps, numbers and plan are yours whether or not we build anything.
When an audit is the wrong purchase
Some situations need something else.
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You need a financial or compliance audit
This is an audit of how work gets done. It is not an accounting, tax, security or regulatory audit.
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You already know exactly what to build
If the workflow is chosen and scoped, skip to a build conversation.
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Your teams cannot take part
The audit depends on time with the people who do the work. Without that, the numbers are guesses.
Questions
What owners ask before booking.
How much of our time does it take?
Two days on site across your teams, in working sessions of about an hour each, plus short follow-ups. We work around your schedule.
Do we have to buy an AI agent afterward?
No. The plan stands on its own, and parts of it are usually process and tool changes that need no AI at all.
Why does everything start with an audit?
Because the right first workflow is different for every company. The audit measures where your time and money actually go, so the first thing we build pays for itself.
Who does the audit?
The founders. The same people then build and run what the plan calls for.
Want to know where the hours go?
Tell us about your operation. A founder replies within one business day.