Vic SolKit · 6 steps
Cut costs without breaking operations
A one-page savings proposal that separates cash, capacity and cost that only moves, ready for a COO.
The ZIP includes a README with the order, every file in Word/Excel/Markdown and each prompt.
- For
- Managers with a cost-reduction target for this quarter.
- People
- You + 1 from finance
- Level
- Intermediate
- Time
- ≈ 100 min
The steps, in order
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Before you build, check what you already pay for: AI inventory
Before buying, look at what you already pay for and do not use.
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Where your process loses time (before you buy AI for it)
Find where the process loses its hours.
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Prompt: find five savings levers in your area (and classify them properly)
Generate five levers and classify them properly with AI.
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One-page cost reduction proposal (without breaking operations)
Write the one-page proposal that survives the COO.
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The month-6 cost: three costs the demo never mentions
Check the real cost in month 6, not the quote.
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Almost nobody compares cost against value: the quarterly review
Schedule the quarterly cost-versus-value review.
You are done when
- Every row has an owner with a name.
- Every number is either measured or labelled as an assumption.
- The last document ends with one owner, one date and one next action.