Operational AI Consulting
Astor detects and reduces operational margin leakage before your P&L reflects it.
Astor measures the leakage in 2-3 weeks, redesigns the workflow, and builds a measurable pilot in 30-45 days. AI is applied where the economic case justifies it.
The real cost of fragmented operations rarely appears as a single line on the P&L.
In complex services, part of the margin is lost before reaching the dashboard. It's lost in files that move slowly, in documents reviewed twice, in decisions that rely on memory, in reporting that arrives late, in senior team members trapped in administrative work. Astor measures that leakage before proposing any intervention.
Document-heavy workflows
Reading, validation and extraction of information from files, contracts, banking packages or regulatory documentation.
Repetitive decisions requiring expert judgment
Scoring, classification or prioritization where quality depends on the analyst rather than the system.
Multi-team or multi-location coordination
Handoffs between legal, operations and commercial. Consolidated reporting across sites, SPVs or business lines.
Why now
Documentary and regulatory volume grows year after year. Adding headcount to absorb manual work erodes margin. Today's technology allows operational complexity to be solved without scaling fixed costs.
The MARGEN Method. Six phases to decide where to intervene.
AI doesn't fix poorly designed operations. It amplifies them. MARGEN exists to prevent that mistake.
Map
How the business actually operates.
Isolate
Where margin, time, control or speed is being lost.
Redesign
What the workflow should look like before applying AI.
Generate
What minimum pilot validates impact.
Scale
How to turn the pilot into stable operations.
Normalize
How to maintain, measure and improve in production.
Margin first. Process second. Then — and only then — AI.
Defined engagements. Measurable decisions.
Four engagement formats. Each with defined deliverables and an explicit success criterion agreed before starting.
Operational Margin Audit
Diagnostic of where margin is being lost, which processes deserve redesign, and which cases justify AI. 2-3 weeks.
Output: operational map, leakage map, business case per opportunity, 90-day roadmap.
Operational AI Pilot
Validation of a specific case with measured baseline, owner and KPI. Limited functional system in production. 30-45 days.
Output: system running on real data + KPIs measured vs baseline + go/no-go recommendation.
Custom Operating System
End-to-end redesign and implementation of a critical process. Integration with existing tools. 3-5 months.
Output: system in production + documentation + team training + operational governance.
Managed Optimization
Maintenance, measurement and continuous improvement of the production system. Monthly retainer.
Output: KPI monitoring + model adjustments + quarterly review + monthly executive reporting.
Different sectors. The same operational pattern.
Astor is a strong fit in businesses with critical document workflows and complex operational coordination. Sectors change. Operational friction, not so much.
Start by knowing where margin is being lost.
In 2-3 weeks, Astor measures the leakage, quantifies potential impact, and defines which processes deserve redesign, AI, or neither. If the economic case doesn't justify it, we say so.