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Business case

ROI diagnostic

Estimate what poor product data costs your organisation across five pillars β€” manual effort, duplicates, inventory, revenue and risk β€” and what cleaning it up returns.

ROI Diagnostic Calculator
50%
Poor (20%)Moderate (50%)High (90%)
wasteFactor = 0.50 β€” the share of loss exposed by your current quality level. Lower quality means more recoverable waste.

Estimated Annual Loss

$929K

Recoverable (60%)

$558K

Where the Loss Sits

Manual Effort$355K
38.2%
Duplicates & Errors$45K
4.8%
Inventory & Procurement$218K
23.4%
Revenue Uplift$250K
26.9%
Risk & Compliance$63K
6.7%

Investment

$22K

4% of recoverable

Payback

0.5 mo

Time to break even

3-Yr NPV

$1.34M

10% discount rate

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Administrator

Attribute Model Design for Category Excellence

Data Value Leader path

Deliver a machine-readable data dictionary (CSV or JSON) and a validated attribute rule library that maps high-value categories to UNSPSC/GS1 GPC, UOMs, controlled lists, and ingestion rules.

Designed by Isak Marais, Founder & CEO, AICA Data

Duration
5 hours
Level
advanced
Structure
2 Modules (β‰ˆ 6 Lessons each)
Administrator

Automated Classification Systems

Data Value Leader path

Deliver an AICA configuration artifact, rule library and governance checklist implementing hybrid rules+ML classification mapped to UNSPSC and GS1 GPC, with thresholding, exception routing and deployment criteria.

Designed by Isak Marais, Founder & CEO, AICA Data

Duration
4 hours
Level
advanced
Structure
2 Modules (β‰ˆ 6 Lessons each)
Administrator

Data Architecture & Integration

Data Value Leader path

Deliver a target master-data architecture diagram and a 90-day implementation roadmap that sequences AICA Platform Golden Record flows into one ERP or EAM system.

Designed by Isak Marais, Founder & CEO, AICA Data

Duration
4 hours
Level
advanced
Structure
2 Modules (6 Lessons each)

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