SKV Automation Studio

Custom AI and automation tools for small business operations

We design, build, and automate your business processes so you can eliminate manual work and run operations more efficiently.

  • Replace manual workflows with automation
  • Connect your existing tools
  • Use AI where it actually saves time

The problem

Does your business still run on manual processes?

Many small businesses rely on email, spreadsheets, PDFs, and disconnected tools to keep operations moving. This leads to delays, mistakes, and unnecessary work.

01

Copied data everywhere

Data is copied between emails, Excel, and documents instead of flowing once.

02

Follow-ups are manual

Important steps depend on people remembering to chase the next action.

03

Disconnected tools

Tools don't talk to each other, so your team becomes the integration layer.

04

Growth creates friction

Processes stay slow, inconsistent, and hard to scale when volume increases.

You don't need more software. You need a better system.

Services

How we help

Modular service areas designed to clarify operations, build the right tooling, and connect the workflow end to end.

01 Design

Operations Systems Design & AI Enablement

Map how work actually moves through your business and identify where AI and automation create measurable value.

02 Build

Custom AI & Automation Tools

Build lightweight tools around your process instead of forcing your team into rigid off-the-shelf software.

03 Connect

Tool & Workflow Integration

Connect forms, inboxes, spreadsheets, CRMs, payment systems, and internal handoffs so information moves automatically.

04 Simplify

AI-Powered Process Simplification

Use AI for document handling, decision support, and repetitive review where it reduces effort instead of adding complexity.

Experience

Built on real operational experience

Experience shaped by enterprise operations, inventory complexity, logistics coordination, and AI-enabled business systems.

Operations

Enterprise supply chain, POS, and automation systems

Designed and delivered systems supporting high-volume workflows, ordering, and execution.

Inventory scale

$100M+ inventory platforms and 50,000+ SKUs

Built around purchasing, replenishment, and inventory visibility at meaningful scale.

Distribution

Multi-country logistics and distribution systems

Worked across transport, fulfillment, and multi-node operational planning environments.

AI systems

AI-driven automation and decision systems

Applied AI to ordering, process automation, and live operational decision support.

Selected work

Selected Work

A sample of enterprise systems, architecture work, and operational automation projects delivered across logistics, inventory, and QSR environments.

Case 01 AI ordering

AI-driven order automation for enterprise restaurant chains

  • Built Order Hub API and partner integrations
  • Integrated AI ordering into POS
Impact

~7% of orders via AI

~20% improvement in peak-hour labor efficiency

Case 02 Supply chain

Supply chain decision platform for $100M inventory network

  • Real-time logistics and purchasing decision system
  • Map-based transport visualization
Impact

Planning time reduced from days to minutes

Case 03 Architecture

ERP architecture redesign for scalability

  • Identified critical domain modeling issues
  • Eliminated unnecessary microservices complexity
Impact

Prevented non-scalable system growth

Case 04 Optimization

Inventory optimization across multi-DC network

Impact

~$2M inventory reduction

~$2M annual savings

Use cases

Processes we commonly streamline

Common workflow patterns where manual steps, disconnected tools, and follow-up friction usually show up first.

01

Email -> Excel -> response workflows

02

Invoice and payment tracking

03

Document processing

04

Approval workflows

05

Order intake

06

Follow-ups

Why custom

Custom solutions fit better because they are built around how work actually moves.

Generic software often adds layers, workarounds, and unused features. Custom solutions focus on the steps your business actually depends on.

No paying for unused features

Invest in the process you need, not an oversized platform you only partly use.

Built around real workflows

Your approvals, documents, data entry, and handoffs shape the system from day one.

Easier adoption

Teams adopt systems faster when they support the way work already needs to happen.

Flexible

As the business changes, the workflow can evolve without replacing the whole system.

How it works

A clearer path from manual process to reliable system

A practical journey that starts with understanding the workflow and continues through design, build, and improvement.

01

Understand

Review the current workflow, bottlenecks, edge cases, and tools involved.

02

Design

Define the process logic, automation points, and where AI should or should not be used.

03

Build

Create the workflow, integrations, and interfaces needed to run reliably.

04

Improve

Refine based on usage, reduce friction, and expand automation where it proves useful.

Credibility

Built for real business operations, not demo workflows

The focus is practical operations work: reducing re-entry, tightening handoffs, and creating systems people can actually use day to day.

Operational reality

Designed for the workflows most teams are already juggling

  • Email, spreadsheets, documents, and approvals moving in parallel
  • Manual status checks and follow-ups slowing work down
  • Systems that need to support the team instead of adding friction
Grounded

Operationally grounded

Designed around the messy reality of inboxes, approvals, spreadsheets, and exceptions.

Practical

Process-first approach

Automation follows the workflow, not the other way around.

Usable

Focused on usable outcomes

Less admin overhead, fewer dropped steps, and clearer visibility into work in motion.

Team

Our Team

A focused delivery team combining enterprise systems experience, digital transformation leadership, and hands-on project coordination.

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Digital transformation

Kostyantyn Slominskyy

Digital Transformation Analyst

  • 15+ years of experience in digital transformation and product management
  • Built enterprise systems including ERP, WMS, TMS, POS, and AI-driven platforms
  • Experience across supply chain, logistics, retail, and QSR domains
  • Focused on designing scalable decision systems and automation solutions
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Delivery coordination

Olena Slominska

Front-End Web Developer

  • Experience in e-commerce and web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Worked in cross-functional teams delivering B2C commerce solutions
  • Coordination between product and code base
  • Background in logistics and operations support with a focus on process-oriented delivery

Write Us

Request a review of your current process

Share a workflow that feels too manual, too slow, or too dependent on people remembering the next step. We will use that as the starting point.

What to send
  • The process you want to improve
  • Where delays, re-entry, or follow-ups happen today
  • Which tools or documents are involved
Contact details

SKV Automation Studio

1 Norgold Crescent
Ottawa, Ontario K2T 1J1
Canada
Process review request

Common starting points include email-heavy workflows, spreadsheets, PDFs, approvals, and order intake.

Next step

Stop doing manual work your system should handle

Start with one workflow. Identify the friction, simplify the logic, and build a system that supports the way your business actually runs.