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We start with Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC), then other regulated industries, for anyone who works in them or with them. Licences run from one reader to a whole organisation, and every figure carries its source.
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AI in TIC Playbook · Volume 1
Twelve AI workflows, with the complete prompt toolkit, to quote in hours, cut proposal effort and win more tenders.
AI in TIC Playbook · Volume 2
Twelve AI workflows, with the complete prompt toolkit, to keep an account plan true, forecast the installed base, and stay inside what your accreditation permits.
TIC M&A series · For buyers
A toolkit for one route, buying a TIC business: eight AI skills, each with its prompt, its checks and a worked example, and the evidence they rest on.
TIC M&A series · For sellers
A toolkit for one route, selling a TIC business: eight AI skills, each with its prompt, its checks and a worked example, and the evidence they rest on.
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A file of written instructions an assistant loads before a job, so the job is done the same way each time. What is inside one, the four points to settle before it is used, and how to keep it current as a controlled document.
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A vendor saying "agentic" may mean one tool doing one task, or several working together. Ask what it does on its own, what it is allowed to touch, and how you see what it did.
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