MCNA — MACHINA · independent technology practice
An independent technology practice spanning AI, automation and custom software — helping organisations see where time and cost quietly go, then building what closes the gap.
Fig. 01 — the markISO 30° · Rev 1.0
The work varies by sector and scale. The pattern rarely does — a process that grew as the organisation grew, quietly absorbs more time than anyone planned, and has never been examined properly.
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Where technology creates genuine advantage, and where it doesn't. Assessment, priorities and a clear view of cost before anything gets built.
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Adoption that outlasts the pilot — the right tools matched to real tasks, with the training that keeps them in use.
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Custom software and automation shaped to how a team already works: internal tools, integrations, reporting and monitoring.
Phase 01 — Assess
Workflows, bottlenecks and manual effort, traced as the work is actually done rather than as the process describes it.
Deliverable — Findings report
Phase 02 — Specify
Where technology earns its cost, and where it doesn't. Priorities, sequencing and a recommendation you can act on.
Deliverable — Roadmap & estimate
Phase 03 — Build
Delivered in increments you can see and test — not a pilot that stalls before it reaches anyone's desk.
Deliverable — Working system
Phase 04 — Integrate
Training, documentation and handover, so the people who use it day to day can run it without us.
Deliverable — Handover & training
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Sources monitored
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System of record
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Manual checks
Channel pricing across twelve UK retail sites, previously compiled by hand each morning. The system monitors every source, normalises the results, and writes them directly into the spreadsheet the team already works in.
MCNA is short for MACHINA — as in deus ex machina:
the mechanism that arrives and resolves the situation.
Tell us what the work looks like today. You'll get a straight answer on whether technology helps, where it would start, and what it would take.