This case study is a composite based on patterns observed in the field. We do not fake named customers. The company described here is a 32-person medtech firm in the USA, at the Series B stage, with a stack that includes Google Workspace, a mid-market ERP, and a CRM. The firm had no AI in production yet and was scaling operations without new hires. The specific need was to reduce the error rate in the back office, particularly in contract review, within a four-week timeline. The firm was ISO 27001 certified and operated in a regulated environment where health data and financial details could not leave the building. The engagement was delivered as an AI Automation Audit, with a fixed-scope pilot on one workflow: contract review. The AI stack used Anthropic Claude API for the pilot, with open-weight models on the client\u2019s hardware for regulated data. The integration was with Google Workspace, and the delivery model was human-in-the-loop by default.<\/p>\n
The firm\u2019s back office was handling contract review manually. Each contract took an average of 12 hours to review, with a 6% error rate. The error rate was driven by missed clauses, incorrect flagging of deviations from standard terms, and inconsistent summaries. The operational pressure was a deadline: the firm was preparing for a regulatory audit and needed to demonstrate that its contract review process was reliable. The headcount pressure was also real: the firm was scaling operations without new hires, and the back office team was already stretched thin. The specific need was to reduce the error rate in the back office, particularly in contract review, within a four-week timeline. The firm was ISO 27001 certified and operated in a regulated environment where health data and financial details could not leave the building. The engagement was delivered as an AI Automation Audit, with a fixed-scope pilot on one workflow: contract review.<\/p>\n
The engagement started with a process audit that picked the workflows worth automating. The audit measured the current cycle time, error rate, and volume of each process. Contract review was the best candidate: high volume, high error rate, and clear approval gates. The pilot was a fixed-scope engagement on contract review, using Anthropic Claude API for clause extraction and deviation flagging. The system plugged into Google Workspace through its APIs, accessing documents stored in Google Drive and generating summaries delivered via Google Docs. The human-in-the-loop model was a hard requirement: the AI extracted clauses, flagged deviations, and drafted a summary, but a human reviewer approved or rejected the summary before it went to the client or legal team. The architecture was model-agnostic, with open-weight models on the client\u2019s hardware for regulated data. The pilot shipped with a measured before\/after baseline on cycle time and error rate.<\/p>\n
The pilot met its baseline targets. The cycle time for contract review dropped from 12 hours to 2 hours, and the error rate fell from 6% to 1.2%. The human-in-the-loop approval gate ensured that no automated decision was made on regulated data without human sign-off. The integration with Google Workspace meant the client did not need to change its document management or communication workflow. The AI layer added a new step in the existing process, not a replacement. The measured before\/after baseline gave the client a concrete, measurable target for the pilot. The pilot was a decision point, not a long-term engagement. The client could decide to proceed with rollout or not based on the pilot results. The firm was ISO 27001 certified, and the system met its compliance requirements without compromising the quality of the AI output.<\/p>\n
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