Our Services
We help companies turn their Enterprise AI Adoption Roadmap into practical use cases for real deployment. Instead of long reports, we connect you with the right suppliers for smooth implementation. Our five modular services support businesses from AI strategy development to application deployment. Floaw is your Strategic AI Procurement partner. We don’t develop applications but bridge strategy and execution by finding, negotiating, and managing top AI partners for implementation. Unlike working with a single DevOps firm, Floaw gives you access to the best suppliers across many use cases. Solutions may be ready-made or custom-built to fit your needs.
Explore our full Suite of Services
Our service offerings include five modular blocks of services, each representing an essential buidling block on the path from AI strtegy to implementation.
Unlocking Business Value
As a company, you distinguish yourselves through unique added value, the reason why customers select you!
In Strengthen Your Brand, we focus on how AI can enhance this value. Together, we go through the business strategy, analyze trends, and link them to technological developments.
In addition, you also perform indirect revenue activities such as accounting, logistics, and administration. With process mapping, we create a blueprint to determine where AI can achieve More with Less.
As a result, we present advice for an AI adoption strategy from Business, Technological, and Organizational perspectives, including business cases.
Solution Modelling
Once the AI implementation area and strategy are set, we model the solution. This creates a full set of functional requirements the application must meet.
We begin by defining the app’s purpose, design, and especially the user experience! Your vision and needs turn into clear user epics and journeys to outline what users should accomplish with the app.
After thoroughly mapping out all the technological needs, including essential aspects such as data storage requirements and compliance regulations, as well as establishing clear acceptance criteria, we are ready to move forward confidently! The next crucial step involves conducting a detailed and comprehensive Build versus Buy analysis, which carefully evaluates whether it is more advantageous to develop a custom solution from scratch or to leverage an existing off-the-shelf product that meets our needs.
Supplier Selection
Now that the functional requirements for an AI application have been established and it has been determined whether it needs to be built from scratch, we are going to explore the market!
When looking for the right AI application development company to build an application, we use the existing network of floaw (both low-code and custom software development partners) and, if necessary, look further in the market. In the case of buying an existing solution, we conduct a market scan of suitable options.
In both cases, we follow procurement best practices (RFI, RFP & Bid evaluation) to objectively evaluate the best options. Floaw also provides thorough supplier due diligence and TCO analysis to have a complete overview of costs and benefits. The result is the selection of the most suitable partner, including an overview of opportunities, watch-outs, and the expected total cost picture.
Closing the Deal
Although we have now chosen a preferred partner, we still need to reach a deal. This is always about more than just the price.
How is data privacy handled? What conditions are agreed upon regarding the completion of the development/purchase process? What is the financial structure and how is it beneficial for your company? What maintenance services are offered and do they meet your needs?
Floaw provides support in identifying the non-negotiables (must-haves), the important elements (should-haves), and the nice-to-haves. To achieve a successful outcome together with the partner, Floaw guides the structuring of the negotiation plan (MDO, BATNA, LAA) and script, conducts mock negotiation sessions, and analyzes contract proposals. The result is the right deal with the right partner!
Implementing AI
Now that the deal is closed, we can get started! The implementation partner will lead the project according to the agreed terms. However, building and delivering the AI application itself only partially ensures the success of AI adoption.
The other success factors? Having a Product Owner to ensure that the application seamlessly aligns and is tested during development and implementation. Involving and training the organization and users to properly deploy and use the application. And setting up the process that ensures the application improves (itself) over time and receives the right maintenance.
Floaw takes the burden off by managing project coordination on behalf of your company, facilitating training sessions, and establishing and documenting a continuous improvement process.