Sand Creek AI

Practical AI for midwestern businesses — one workflow at a time

We help midwestern businesses implement practical AI that improves one workflow at a time. Fixed-fee engagements, real results, no enterprise bloat.

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Operators trust Sand Creek AI when uptime matters

Trusted by SMB operators modernizing on-prem ERPs, maintenance consoles, and industry systems
Built by former manufacturing, logistics, and energy engineers
500+ SMB workflows analyzed

Services

Practical AI that improves one workflow at a time.

AI Discovery Sprint

A focused, de-risked starting point. We identify 2–5 high-impact AI use cases and deliver a prioritized roadmap with ROI estimates in 2–3 weeks.

  • 2–3 stakeholder interviews + workflow review
  • ROI estimate + feasibility assessment
  • 60-minute executive walkthrough

$4,000–$7,500 fixed fee.

AI Pilot Implementation

One workflow. One system. One measurable outcome. We build and deploy a production-ready AI solution with a success metric defined upfront.

  • Built & deployed AI solution (production ready)
  • Documentation + internal training session
  • Examples: demand forecasting, inventory reorder, ops assistant

$12,000–$25,000 fixed fee.

Light AI Advisory Retainer

Ongoing strategic guidance for teams that want a trusted AI advisor — helping with strategy, prompt optimization, tool evaluation, and incremental improvements.

  • 5–10 hours/month + monthly strategy call
  • Prompt & workflow optimization
  • Guardrails and governance guidance

$1,500–$3,000/month.

Case Snapshot

Turning a 20-year-old planning platform into an AI-ready control tower

Story

  • Conducted an AI Discovery Sprint on a specialty manufacturer's legacy order management environment.
  • Built a natural-language Copilot that surfaces production schedules, supplier delays, and maintenance tickets inside their operator consoles.
  • Delivered a workflow agent that triggers parts reorders inside the native UI via RPA + API bridges.
Manufacturing • 220-seat operations org

Results

  • 18 hours/week reclaimed per planner
  • 27% reduction in emergency inventory orders
  • Support ticket backlog cut by 22% through Copilot-first responses

Process

From Discovery to Ongoing Improvement

  1. 1

    AI Discovery Sprint — 2–3 weeks

    Stakeholder interviews, workflow review, and ROI analysis to identify your 2–5 highest-impact AI opportunities before any code is written.

  2. 2

    Pilot Implementation — 4–6 weeks

    One workflow. One system. One measurable outcome. We build and deploy a production-ready AI solution with a success metric defined upfront.

  3. 3

    Advisory Retainer — Ongoing

    Monthly strategy calls, prompt optimization, tool evaluation, and small improvements to keep your AI investment compounding over time.

Results

What ops teams walk away with

"18 hours per planner per week reclaimed — without touching the ERP or going through a 6-month change control cycle."

Ops Director, Specialty Manufacturer (220 seats)

"The AI Discovery Sprint gave us a prioritized roadmap with projected ROI before a single line of production code was written. That's what sold it internally."

CIO, Industrial Field Services Firm

500+

SMB workflows analyzed → AI Discovery Sprint

$4K–$7.5K

Fixed fee to know exactly where AI can help

4–6 wks

From pilot kick-off to production deployment

AI Discovery Sprint

Book an AI Discovery Sprint

Tell us about your business and the workflows that cost you the most time. In 2–3 weeks we'll identify your highest-impact AI opportunities and deliver a prioritized roadmap — before you commit to a build.

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