Zaigo — Insights https://zaigo.ai/#insights Practitioner notes on implementing AI inside established businesses — workflows, hours, and payback. en Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:39:07 GMT ERP migration is the last move, not the first https://zaigo.ai/insights/erp-migration-ai https://zaigo.ai/insights/erp-migration-ai ERP migration is not the first move. AI agents work on top of the on-prem ERP you have — migrate when the data proves what you use. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Your equipment tracker spreadsheet is lying to you https://zaigo.ai/insights/equipment-tracker-spreadsheet https://zaigo.ai/insights/equipment-tracker-spreadsheet The tracker says the pumps are in the north yard. The pumps have not been in the north yard since March. The sheet is not badly maintained — it is structurally incapable of staying true. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five ERPs, one report: why the 13-week cash flow dies in Excel https://zaigo.ai/insights/five-erps-one-report https://zaigo.ai/insights/five-erps-one-report Five acquisitions, five ERPs, one Excel tracker holding the fund’s weekly cash picture. The model does not die from hard math. It dies because somebody re-types it. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Replacement cost vs average cost: which one do you price against? https://zaigo.ai/insights/replacement-cost-vs-average-cost https://zaigo.ai/insights/replacement-cost-vs-average-cost A hardware retailer’s margin report said 32%. The shelf price sat below what restocking the item now costs. Both numbers were right — that is the problem. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The waste-hauler invoice problem: tickets, tonnage, and contamination fees https://zaigo.ai/insights/waste-hauler-invoice-problem https://zaigo.ai/insights/waste-hauler-invoice-problem Every load crosses the scale and becomes a paper ticket. Between that ticket and a correct invoice sits a person re-keying tonnage into the billing system. That is where the margin goes. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a two-week AI audit actually looks at https://zaigo.ai/insights/two-week-ai-audit https://zaigo.ai/insights/two-week-ai-audit Every engagement we take starts the same way: two weeks inside your operation, a fixed fee, and a ranked answer on where AI pays — before you commit to building anything. Here is what we actually do with those two weeks. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The workflows that pay back fastest in a 100-person company https://zaigo.ai/insights/workflows-that-pay-back-fastest https://zaigo.ai/insights/workflows-that-pay-back-fastest After enough of these engagements, the pattern is boring in its consistency: the fastest payback never comes from the glamorous use case in the board deck. It comes from the document-heavy handoff someone on your team does forty times a day. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why most AI pilots die before production https://zaigo.ai/insights/why-ai-pilots-die-before-production https://zaigo.ai/insights/why-ai-pilots-die-before-production The pilot worked. Everyone saw the demo. Then nothing shipped. This is the most common outcome in enterprise AI right now, and it is almost never the model’s fault. Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT