Ordering by email Live

A print shop's orders, proofs and approvals, handled where its customers already are

This particular shop's customers have always ordered by email, so the system was built around that rather than asking them to change. They write, they get a proof back, they say what to change in plain words, and nothing goes to the printer until they approve.

Client A print shop that takes invitation orders by email

proofs sent back, changes applied
Automatic
order forms read too
Handwritten
before anything goes to the printer
Approved

The situation

The shop's customers send an order form by email, often filled in by hand. That is how they have always ordered, and the shop did not want to ask them to learn a website.

Every one of those forms had to be read, typed up, proofed, sent back, corrected and chased by a person, while the next order waited.

What we built

  • AI reads each incoming order form, including handwritten ones.
  • It sends a proof back and applies the changes the customer writes in plain words.
  • Nothing goes to the printer until the customer approves the latest proof.
  • It tells the customer when the order is ready for pickup.
  • It reminds staff each morning about anything that has stalled.

Built around this shop's customers

Most systems we build give customers a portal or a link. This shop's customers already ordered by email, so for them the service lives in email. The shop keeps a screen for its own staff; the customer only ever sees messages and proofs. It is one example of fitting the system to the business, not a standard feature of every project.

A person is still the last check

Reading a handwritten form is the part the AI does first. Approving what gets printed is the customer's, every time, on the latest proof. Anything the system is unsure about waits for a member of staff rather than guessing.

More work

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CampOffice Live

The camp office, from the first application to the last bus home

Before
Applications came in on paper and by phone, bunks lived on a whiteboard, and nobody could say who still owed what.
Now
Families apply, sign and pay through one link; the office accepts in a few clicks, sees every balance and form, and reaches every parent with one message.
Customer portal Preparing to launch

One system for customers, office staff and contractors, from request to delivery

Before
Every job was followed by customers, office staff and contractors, each from their own copy of it.
Now
One workflow from request to delivery, and customer and office see the same status.
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Office assistant Handed over

An office assistant that answers the phone, sorts the email and prepares every reply for approval

Before
Every call, voicemail and email waited for one person, and the rest of the office waited for him.
Now
The assistant answers, takes messages, sorts and drafts; he approves every reply and takes the calls that are really for him.

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