Software guides
Honest, researched guides to the software for finding bottlenecks, reading documents, automating orders and running AI agents in production. Every price checked on the vendor's own page.
The incident worksheet for an agent that keeps repeating an action
When an agent repeats the same action instead of stopping, you need three things before you fix anything. A trace of what it did, a clear statement of when it should have stopped, and a test case you can run again after the fix.
AI agent pricing in 2026, what vendors actually charge
Vendors now charge for agents by the conversation, the outcome, the action or the credit. Here are the published prices, what each unit really means, and how to compare them on your own workload.
A monthly test for your customer facing AI assistant
Once a month, I ask your website or phone assistant ordinary customer questions. You get what it got wrong, its exact words and what to change. The first test is free.
How to automate daily site reports across many sites
The report takes days because the data lives in many places and someone has to chase it. Here is how to gather it in parallel, catch the numbers that disagree and produce a report a manager can check.
How to automate quoting for a manufacturer or distributor
Slow quotes lose work. There are three quite different kinds of quoting automation, and most buying mistakes come from picking the wrong kind. Here is how to tell which one your quotes need.
How to automate sales order entry in Business Central
Customers email orders as PDFs, spreadsheets and free text, and someone keys each line into Business Central. Here are the three ways to take that work away, with what Microsoft's own agent does and where it stops.
How to automate timesheet processing for payroll
Timesheets arrive as spreadsheets, PDFs, photos and scans, and payroll has a deadline that does not move. This is the order to automate it in, and the checks that stop a wrong payslip.
One job, run for you every month
You name one piece of repetitive work. I build the system that does it, run it every month for a fixed fee, and send anything unclear to a person on your team.
Best AI Agent and LLM Evaluation Tools in 2026
Every eval platform promises to tell you whether your agent got better or worse. Here is what each one actually does, what it costs this month, and when it is the wrong buy.
Best AI agent frameworks in 2026, compared for production
Nine frameworks judged on what they do after the demo, with checked prices and a plain note on when each one is the wrong choice.
Best intelligent document processing software in 2026
Nine options for invoices, purchase orders, delivery notes and timesheets, what each costs and when it is the wrong buy. Reading the page is now cheap, and checking it is where the work sits.
Best LLM observability tools in 2026 for production AI agents
Tracing, cost, prompt versions, alerts and online evaluation for AI agents in production. Nine tools alive and selling in 2026, what they cost, and the acquisitions older lists miss.
Best process mining tools in 2026, honestly compared
Which tool will show exactly where your orders get stuck, what each one really costs, and why many mid-size companies should fix their event log before they buy any of them.
Best sales order automation software in 2026
Distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers still key emailed purchase orders into their ERP by hand. Here is what each tool actually automates, what it costs, and when it is the wrong buy.
How to build a business case for AI automation
A finance director does not approve AI. They approve a measured task, an honest cost and a way to tell whether it worked. Here is the one page that gets a yes, and the numbers to put on it.
What a catalogue needs before an AI quoting pilot
A quoting pilot is only as good as the catalogue behind it. Use this checklist to find missing fields, inconsistent price records and items that need a human decision before any system touches them.
The customer part number mapping workbook
A customer's part number only helps if it points to the right catalogue item and selling unit. Use this workbook to find the gaps and give each one an owner.
The agenda for a first automation discovery meeting
Bring one task, its owner and examples of finished work. Leave with a testable question and a named owner for each missing fact.
LinearB vs Swarmia vs Jellyfish vs DX for engineering bottlenecks
Four engineering analytics platforms plus the free options in GitHub, GitLab and Apache DevLake, compared on what they measure, what they cost in 2026 and when each is the wrong buy.
A scoring sheet for comparing order automation suppliers
Compare proposals on reading orders, holding unclear lines, the link to your order system and who owns the rules. Must haves first, then twelve weighted questions scored on evidence.
The one week order entry workload tracker
Before anyone prices automation, measure one normal week. This sheet shows how many orders arrive, how often each one is handled, and why they wait.
Production AI glossary, the terms that matter once an agent is live
Plain definitions for the words people use about AI agents, automation and bottlenecks, written from building and running these systems rather than from a textbook.
The quote delay tracker for a manufacturing inbox
Track pricing, other active work and waiting before changing the quote process.
Refer a client whose team is buried in repetitive work
You know which clients spend their week copying, chasing and checking. Introduce one with a clear task. I check whether it is worth automating and tell you the outcome either way.
How to check a year of supplier payments for money you can get back
Use an afternoon to check a year of payments. Keep the evidence beside each possible error, then ask the supplier to confirm what is owed.
How to test whether spreadsheet orders can reach your ERP safely
Test awkward rows before connecting a mailbox to your order system. Rebuild this input, compare the expected rows and check the import rules.
The timesheet exception register for a weekly payroll run
Most timesheets are routine. A few need someone to decide. This register counts those few and sorts them by reason, so you know what is left after automation.
Use shurco.ai with your AI assistant
Ask your assistant to check an automation idea, compare model costs or search the guides. Use a private plan only when you want one.
Short videos on automating everyday office work
Short lessons for owners and managers who are not technical. Each one says who it is for and what you will know at the end, uses a made up example or a real one with names changed, and ends on one free thing you can use.
Top tools for bottleneck detection in 2026
Process mining, observability, engineering analytics, ops dashboards and AI agents all claim to find your bottlenecks. Here is what each one is actually for, and when it is the wrong buy.
Top 6 AI analytics tools for mid-size companies in 2026
Every BI vendor now sells an AI story. Here are the six options worth a mid-size company's time, and the pricing reality the demos leave out.
Want this in your operation
I build and run production AI agents that take repetitive work off operational teams. Tell me what your team spends too long on.