Workflow Lab prototype

Inquiry to reviewed follow-up

One workflow pattern, shown step by step: structure an incoming request, name what is missing, draft a reply, and stop for a person to review. Interactive example using sample data. No live AI processing.

Interactive simulation. Synthetic examples, deterministic rules, no live AI, CRM or email sending. The sample replies are written as if from the recipient firm's own team. Old Oak Labs implements workflows; it does not deliver the underlying service described in a sample inquiry.

Choose a synthetic inquiry

Input
Structured brief
Missing information
Draft reply
Human approval

Step 1: Input

Website inquiry form (synthetic)

Hi,

We need a topographic survey of a site near the ring road before our design team starts next month. Roughly 2 hectares, part of it is scrub. Can you give us an idea of cost and how soon you could be on site?

Thanks,
A. Rivers
Project Coordinator

Sizing

What might this be worth to you?

Capacity estimator

Adjust the three inputs to see the arithmetic. The starting numbers are illustrative assumptions, not benchmarks or observed results. You supply every number; nothing is inferred or stored. All amounts are in US dollars.

Inquiries per month

How many inquiries the workflow would touch. Illustrative starting value: 40.

Minutes saved per inquiry, after review

Time saved net of the time spent reviewing the draft. Illustrative starting value: 12.

Hourly cost of the person doing it (USD)

Fully loaded hourly cost in USD. Illustrative starting value: $45.

Calculation

40 × 12 ÷ 60 = 8.0 hours × $45/hr = $360

8.0 hours / month

≈ $360 estimated capacity value per month (USD)

This is arithmetic on numbers you entered, not a guarantee or a forecast. Released time only becomes money if it is redeployed, and review time must already be subtracted from the minutes you enter.

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