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Engineers on site until it stands on its own.

A named engineer works on your premises with the people who run the process, builds the agent around your systems, measures it against your numbers and stays until your team runs it alone.

What is a forward-deployed engineer?
An engineer who builds inside your company rather than from a distance: on site, with the people who run the work, accountable for the result. It is not a consultant, and not a support desk.
Fig 7.1The frame comes away, and the arch holdsThe dashed frame is our engineers, there from the first week. The stones are what they build with you, set one by one; the orange keystone is the record. When it is set, the frame comes away and the arch stands on its own.
The four steps: what happens in each, who is there, what is written down, and what you see at the end of it.
StepWhat happensWho is thereWhat is written downWhat you see at the end
EmbedThe engineer sits with the people who run the process and maps how it really runsThe engineer, and the people who run the workHow the work moves today, and the baselineThe baseline, agreed, and the process to start with
BuildThe first agent is built around your systems and tried on real casesThe engineer and your teamThe connections, the thresholds and the rulesThe agent working on real cases
ScaleThe next process is added on the same recordThe engineer, your team and the next process's ownerThe next process's map and thresholdsTwo processes on one record
MeasureThe numbers are read against the baselineThe engineer, your leadership and the people who run the workThe numbers against the baselineWhat changed, in your own numbers

Software fails at the last mile. We walk it with you, then hand you the keys.

How the engineers work, step by step

OUR ENGINEERTHE DAY'S NOTESALES COORDINATOROrders arrive on WhatsApp and emailWAREHOUSE LEADEach is typed into the ERP by handFINANCEMissing item codes mean a call backBaseline: minutes per order, recorded

Sit with the people who run the work

A named engineer works on your premises beside the people who run the process, writes down how it really runs, and records the baseline before anything changes.

  • What was learned each day, written down for you
  • How the work moves across your ERP, email, calls and messaging
  • The baseline, agreed with you before anything changes
YOUR ERPWHATSAPPEMAILORDERS AGENTAbove the credit limit: a personTried by your teamWEEKLY ORDERa catererWrittenNEW CUSTOMERa hotelWrittenOVER THE LIMITa contractorAsked a person

Build the first agent on real cases

The engineer builds the agent around your systems and your thresholds, and your team tries it on real cases as it takes shape. Nothing in your systems changes.

  • Connections built system by system
  • Thresholds set with the people who approve
  • Tried by your team on real cases
ORDERS AGENTRECORDOrder confirmedDeliveredInvoice issuedCOLLECTIONS AGENTStarts from what the first agent wroteMUSCAT BRANCHSOHAR BRANCHA GROUP COMPANY

Add the next process on the same record

The second agent starts from what the first agent wrote, so it is built on what the record already knows. Branches and group companies follow, one at a time.

  • The next process, chosen with you
  • The same record and the same log
  • Branches and group companies added one at a time
BaselineWith the agentMinutes per orderOrders typed by handReplies within the hourREVIEWED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE WORK

Read the numbers against the baseline

The numbers are read the same way as the baseline from the first week, and reviewed with the people who run the work. The agent is tuned until they move.

  • The same numbers as the baseline, read the same way
  • Reviewed with the people who run the work

Who comes, and when we step away

The questions an owner asks before letting anyone in: who it is, for how long, when they leave, and what they are there for.

Someone has to be there at the start of the working day

Companies here buy on references and pilots, and a pilot tests how the people behind the software behave when something goes wrong as much as it tests the software. That is learned in the room, at the start of the working day, not from a distance.

What owners ask about the engineers

How long are you on site?

For the embed and the build, then as often as the work needs.

Who is accountable?

One named engineer, and the Qantara team behind them.

Can our IT team run it?

Yes. That is the condition for us stepping away, and we train them for it.

Can we build the next agent ourselves?

Your team learns to add cases and set thresholds during the build. A new agent is work we do with you.