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A rising curve showing that the number of system pairs that can disagree grows faster than the number of applications a firm runs, with the average firm's ten applications marked at 45 pairs.

The Top Barrier to Advisory Work Is Data Cleanup. That Is an Integration Problem.

Thirty percent of accounting professionals name manual data cleanup as the top barrier to advisory work, ahead of staffing. The average firm runs ten applications and loses five hours a week to re-entry.
AI & AutomationProfessional Services Ops
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Stacked bar showing only about 25 percent of AI initiatives deliver the ROI leadership expects, with text on concentrating automation on the highest-cost process first.

The Back-Office Costs That Grow Every Time You Add a Client Are the Ones AI Should Take First

Sub-500-employee firms report 240 to 320% ROI on agentic AI, yet only 25% of initiatives hit their target. The difference is where you point it. Start with the back office.
Professional Services OpsBusiness Case & ROI
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