Know where to start, and why.
Use Compass when you have too many ideas, stalled pilots, unclear economics or uncertainty about what your team should own. The recommendation is based on evidence, not on a preference for a particular HachiAI product.
Operating evidenceSelect an input to trace it through the decision.
Candidate workflowsEvidence profile
Invoice intakePriority
Supplier inquiries
Order validation
Evidence in focusWorkflowsPriority opportunity
Operating evidencePriority opportunityCostedSequencedBUILD-READY
Compass is the right starting point when the best first move is not yet clear.
Too many possible use cases
Leadership sees AI opportunities across the business but lacks a consistent way to compare value, feasibility, readiness, and risk.
Pilots are not reaching production
The organization has demonstrations or proofs of concept but has not resolved the workflow, system, governance, or ownership requirements.
The economics are uncertain
The business needs a credible baseline, benefit model, cost estimate, payback range, and success measures before it commits.
Ownership is unclear
Leaders need to decide what to build internally, what to co-build, what to buy, and what HachiAI should operate.
Start with operating evidence, not a list of fashionable AI ideas.
Compass examines how the work actually runs and what the opportunity is worth.
Workflows
Steps, roles, queues, handoffs, approvals, documents, decisions, exceptions, and the work that falls outside the formal process.
Systems
ERP, CRM, accounting, WMS, TMS, portals, email, spreadsheets, data platforms, legacy applications, and integration constraints.
Volumes and effort
Transaction volume, seasonality, labor effort, backlog, cycle time, service levels, rework, and key-person dependency.
Errors and exceptions
Mismatch patterns, missing information, control failures, manual reviews, escalation paths, and the cost of getting the work wrong.
Readiness
Data quality, system access, documentation, process stability, decision ownership, security review, and employee adoption requirements.
Economics
Cost to operate today, potential capacity, avoided hiring, cash or revenue impact, implementation cost, annual operations, and payback.
Two levels of evidence, so you spend only where the opportunity earns it.
AI Opportunity Score · Free
- Four-minute executive orientation
- AI-readiness signal
- Highest-potential function and workflow
- Directional value and risk indicators
- Recommended next step
Compass Assessment · Paid
- Operating evidence and stakeholder interviews
- Prioritized opportunity portfolio
- Detailed business case and success measures
- Production architecture, governance, and ownership model
- A costed 90-day plan and broader roadmap
The Score helps orient the conversation. The Assessment creates the decision-ready plan.
A decision dossier leadership can use to approve the first move.
1. Enterprise opportunity map
A cross-functional view of where AI can create value, with opportunities ranked by impact, feasibility, readiness, risk, and strategic relevance.
2. Priority sequence
A clear recommendation on which workflow to address first, what should follow, and which ideas should wait.
3. Business case
Baseline cost and performance, expected benefit, required investment, payback range, assumptions, risks, and measurable success criteria.
A production path, not a strategy document that stops at recommendations.
4. First 90 days
A practical plan covering workflow design, data and system access, governance, testing, employee preparation, production acceptance, and operating cadence.
5. Deployment pipeline
The next qualified workflows, dependencies, required capabilities, expected value, and the sequence for expansion.
6. AI operating model
What the client should own, what should be co-built, what HachiAI can manage, how decisions are governed, and which capabilities must be developed internally.
The evidence determines the path.
Operating evidence
Deploy an IDW
The workflow fits a reusable role blueprint and the client wants HachiAI to remain operationally accountable.
Use Forge
The capability is unique, strategically differentiating, and should be built in the client’s stack for the client to own.
Address readiness first
Data, process stability, ownership, access, controls, or change readiness must be improved before deployment.
Sequence it later
The opportunity is attractive but depends on another workflow, system, data source, or organizational decision.
Do not deploy yet
The economics, risk, or operating conditions do not support the investment at this time.
Make the first AI decision with evidence.
Compass gives the executive team a common fact base: the problem worth solving, the outcome worth pursuing, the responsibilities each party will carry, and the practical path from today’s operation to production AI.
Find the first move. Define the operating model. Build the case leadership can approve.