Workflow Automation
Workflow Automation That Removes the Repetitive Work Slowing Your Team Down
We build practical AI workflows that handle quoting, invoicing, email triage, document processing, and admin tasks — integrated with your existing systems, with clear human controls at every step.
Workflows We Automate
Each workflow is built around your existing processes and tools — not a generic template.
Quote Processing
Automate sales quote generation from enquiry to proposal. Extract requirements, match pricing, and produce formatted quotes in minutes instead of hours.
Invoice Matching
Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery notes automatically. Flag discrepancies and route approvals while people retain control of exceptions.
Email Triage
Classify inbound emails by intent, urgency, and department. Route to the right person with suggested responses, cutting response time and missed messages.
Document Classification
Automatically sort, tag, and extract data from contracts, forms, certificates, and correspondence. Eliminate manual filing and search time.
Reporting Automation
Pull data from multiple systems into consolidated operational reports. Delivered on schedule with no manual spreadsheet work.
Internal Admin Workflows
Automate onboarding checklists, approval chains, compliance checks, and recurring tasks that eat into your team's productive hours.
System Integrations
Connect your existing tools — ERP, CRM, accounting, email — so data flows between them without manual re-keying or copy-paste.
How a Workflow Automation Engagement Works
Workflow Review
We map the manual process, measure where time is lost, and identify what's automatable.
Prototype
We build a working prototype in 1–2 weeks, connected to your real data and systems.
Validate
Your team tests it in real operations. We measure accuracy and time savings before scaling.
Deploy & Monitor
We deploy to production with human checkpoints, monitoring, and ongoing support.
Not sure which workflow to tackle first? Rank your candidates with our free automation priority scorer, or estimate what manual work is costing you with the workflow savings calculator.
Client Results: Before and After
Every workflow we automate starts as a manual process that someone is quietly losing hours to. Here is what that transition actually looks like, using measured results from our own client projects.
Invoice Processing
Logistics company
Baseline 75%
staff time saved
- Before
- Supplier invoices were manually keyed and checked against finance records, with people reviewing every item.
- After
- AI extracts invoice data, validates it against purchase records and routes exceptions for human review.
- Result
- 75% of staff time saved, 65% less manual processing within 90 days and approximately £80,000 annual saving.
Lead Research & Response
Jason Tanner, The Menu Partners
Baseline +37%
conversion improvement
- Before
- Prospect research varied between salespeople, so the context available before follow-up was inconsistent.
- After
- An AI research workflow compiles company background, qualification signals, and talking points automatically the moment an enquiry arrives.
- Result
- Conversion improved by 37%; this is the result The Menu Partners approved for publication.
What a Typical Automated Workflow Looks Like
Using email-based order handling as an example, a production workflow runs like this:
- 1
Email received
A customer order or enquiry lands in the shared inbox.
- 2
AI extracts the details
Products, quantities, delivery requirements, customer identity.
- 3
Your systems validate
Pricing, stock, and customer records checked against your ERP or CRM.
- 4
Human approves exceptions
Anything ambiguous or out of policy is routed to your team, not guessed at.
- 5
Response sent automatically
A quote, confirmation, or acknowledgement — logged with a full audit trail.
The pattern is always the same: AI handles the repetitive extraction and matching, your existing systems stay the source of truth, and people handle defined exceptions. The right automation level depends on the workflow, its data and the cost of an error.
Want to know what these numbers look like for your workflow?
Request Workflow ReviewWho's Behind Simara
Practical AI, Built Around Real Operations
Lana Korzhuk
Founder & AI Automation Consultant
With 20+ years progressing from senior developer to Chief Operating Officer, Lana brings deep expertise in IT systems, ERP implementation, and operational strategy. An MBA in Finance, an IT degree, and postgraduate qualifications in AI & Machine Learning from Caltech give her both the technical depth and the business lens to design automation that actually works.
She founded SIMARA AI to give SMEs the same operational advantages that large enterprises build with six-figure budgets — starting with one workflow, proving the value, and scaling only what the numbers justify.
“Most SME AI projects fail because they start with the tool instead of the workflow. We start with the manual bottleneck, measure the cost, and build only what can prove value.”
— Lana Korzhuk, Founder
Operations First
AI only works when the workflow, data, and people around it are understood. We start with how work actually happens.
No Rip-and-Replace Thinking
We design around existing systems where possible — ERP, CRM, spreadsheets — not expensive rebuilds.
Human Oversight by Design
AI workflows should flag uncertainty, route exceptions, and keep people in control of decisions that matter.
Measurable Before Scalable
We start with one workflow and prove whether the numbers justify scaling. No commitment beyond what's proven.
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