AI consulting for mid-market has to fit limited resources and clear processes, not a corporate budget. We find the few use cases that save noticeable time in an SME, cover you on the EU AI Act and lead the most important one to a working pilot. The entry point is an AI potential analysis at a fixed price, creditable against a follow-up project.
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Mid-sized companies rarely have a data science team, but they have very clear processes and tight capacity. That changes the math. A large roadmap with twenty initiatives helps no one when three people are meant to deliver it. So we concentrate on a few high-leverage use cases that can start without a big IT project. The focus is relief in daily work, not a lighthouse that never goes live.
You gain time because manual repetition disappears. You gain planning certainty because the fixed-price entry keeps the risk small and the roadmap shows what pays off. You gain compliance certainty because the EU AI Act is designed in from the start. And you gain a team that can continue on its own after the pilot, because we plan skills transfer instead of building dependency.
In production and trade, automatic extraction from invoices, delivery notes and orders often pays off. In sales, a proposal assistant that produces clean drafts from templates and CRM data. In service and back office, a knowledge bot that answers recurring questions from internal documents. In management, a reporting autopilot that pulls figures and produces a board-ready update. These examples are deliberately concrete, and which case comes first is decided by the analysis.
For digitalization and AI initiatives in mid-market, funding options exist depending on region and program. We are not a funding consultancy, but we flag in the roadmap where funding is realistically an option and document the initiatives so an application is easier. We clarify concrete programs in the strategy call depending on location.
Four stages. The entry is deliberately small and fixed-price so you start without a big commitment.
Step 1
We capture processes, data and goals and assess the potential. (Duration: fixed-price entry. Output: standpoint)
Step 2
We prioritise use cases and set a de-risked roadmap. (Duration: a few weeks. Output: prioritised roadmap)
Step 3
A bounded first case is tested, accompanied on request. (Duration: by scope. Output: defensible decision)
Step 4
What holds gets rolled out; a suitable partner handles delivery. (Duration: ongoing. Output: operation with the partner)
After the analysis you decide whether to continue on your own or have us accompany the pilot.
| Criterion | Pure strategy advice | AI consulting with delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-market fit | often too abstract | concrete, few use cases |
| Result | recommendations | roadmap plus pilot |
| Risk at the start | high | small, fixed-price entry |
| EU AI Act | often an add-on | integrated |
For mid-market, the decisive point is that consulting does not end with a recommendation that then sits idle. Few resources cannot afford projects that stall. That is why we lead to the pilot and hand over a result that stays in operation.
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