Department
Operations
Run the engine
Systems
Workflow Health
65%
Overall
Client Onboarding
Healthy42 runsInvoice → Payment
Healthy128 runsInventory Reorder
Degraded6 runsSupport Escalation
At Risk24 runs
Documentation
SOP Coverage
- Sales12/1486%
- Marketing8/1080%
- Operations18/2282%
- Fulfillment6/1250%
- Support4/944%
- Finance5/863%
Friction
Bottlenecks
- High
SKU-204 manual reorder
Inventory · Stockouts weekly
- High
Contract review > 5 days
Legal · Deals slip a week
- Medium
Onboarding email step manual
Fulfillment · ~3h/wk lost
- Medium
Refund approval chain unclear
Support · CSAT dip
Actions
Operations Actions
Wire Shopify → Airtable reorder
Kills SKU-204 stockouts
HighJul 8Draft Support Escalation SOP
Workflow at 30% health
HighJul 9Assign owner: Contract Review
No DRI → 5d wait time
MediumJul 10Review Q3 vendor renewals
3 auto-renew in 30 days
LowJul 14
Activity
Recent Operational Activity
- 1h ago
Client Onboarding ran successfully
42nd run this month
- 3h ago
Inventory Reorder paused — API error
Shopify token refresh needed
- 5h ago
SOP approved: Refund Policy v2
Owner: J. Patel
- 1d ago
Escalation missed SLA
Ticket #4821 · 6h response
AI Insights
Support Escalation workflow health dropped to 30% and SLA was missed once this week. Wiring the Shopify reorder automation would remove your top bottleneck.
What's going well
- SOP coverage climbed to 72% (+4 pts) as new automations came online
- Approval wait time dropped 0.4d — routing changes are compounding
What needs attention
- Support Escalation workflow health fell to 30% and missed SLA once
- Contract Review has no DRI — sitting at 5-day wait time
- Fulfillment (50%) and Support (44%) still under 60% SOP coverage
What to do next
- Assign an owner to Contract Review this week
- Ship the Shopify → Airtable reorder automation this sprint
- Draft the two missing Support/Fulfillment SOPs
System uptime
99.92%
-0.03% · 30d
Vendor spend
$78.3K/mo
+$2.1K
Open process gaps
6
2 critical
Cycle time
4.2d
-0.6d · order → fulfill
Next Best Action
What to do next, in order.
Wire Shopify → Airtable reorder automation
HighInventory bottleneck (SKU-204) directly tied to manual reorder.
Impact: Eliminate stockouts · J. Patel · May 28
Renew/renegotiate Datadog before Aug
Medium$8.2K/mo spend; usage tier review overdue.
Impact: Save ~$2K/mo · M. Chen · Jul 15
Resume NPS digest automation
MediumPaused with stale data; CSAT visibility blocked.
Impact: Restore signal · S. Okafor · May 20
Recommendations are decision-support suggestions based on available data. They do not guarantee results.
Weekly priorities
What's getting done this week
Hire fractional GC
Founder
Ship Onboarding v3 Phase 2
S. Okafor
Renew Salesforce — negotiate seats
R. Kim
Document incident response v3
M. Chen
Audit Zapier zaps for failures
J. Patel
Cleanup Notion archive
Ops
Leverage
Automation status
| Automation | Business | Tool | Trigger | Output | Status | Owner | Risk/Issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead → CRM enrich | Empire Academy | Zapier + Clearbit | Form submit | Salesforce lead | Active | M. Chen | — |
| Invoice → Stripe | Apex Consulting Studio | QBO + Stripe | Deal won | Auto invoice | Active | L. Brooks | — |
| NPS digest | Skyline Events Co. | Make + Slack | Daily 9am | Slack post | Paused | S. Okafor | Stale data |
| Onboarding kickoff | Empire Academy | n8n | Deal closed | Asana project | Needs Review | S. Okafor | Duplicates |
Friction
Operational bottlenecks
| Bottleneck | Business | Area | Severity | Root cause | Action | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal review queue | Apex Consulting Studio | Sales | High Risk | Single GC, no template library | Hire fractional + build template lib | In Progress |
| Onboarding handoff CSM↔Eng | Skyline Events Co. | Fulfillment | Medium Risk | Unclear ownership | RACI workshop | Planned |
| Inventory reorder lag | Empire Academy | Ops | High Risk | No reorder automation | Wire Shopify → Airtable | Idea |
Continuous improvement
Process improvement log
- May 10
Cut payroll close from 7d → 4d
L. Brooks
- Apr 28
Standardized incident postmortems
M. Chen
- Apr 12
Vendor approval flow shipped
J. Patel