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Proof, with the working shown.

Most efficiency claims in this market have no before. We have one, because we ran the account by hand first — then built the system that replaced most of that work, and measured both across four months.

  • Entries 05
  • Accounts measured 01
  • Period on record 2026-05 → 2026-08
  • Pieces in the dataset 2,008

Case study 11 min read

Nine people to two, and output went up

Four months of measured production on one account: nine people on nine devices became two people on two devices, monthly usable output more than doubled, and cost per usable piece fell 3.99×.

3.99× cheaper per usable piece

Source OAP client in the USA — production records, May to August 2026

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More entries from the same records

  • Article 8 min

    How to read a production-efficiency claim

    Nine questions that decide whether a number means anything, written by working through the ones that weaken our own. Includes two of our reports on the same four months that do not reconcile.

    95.4% vs 91.1% the same measurement, scoped twice

  • Report 6 min

    What 528 pieces a month costs the grid

    Four months of metered and modelled power on one content account. Nine devices drew 136 kWh a month; two draw 12. The uncomfortable part is the figure nobody can measure.

    91.1% less electricity per month

  • Article 6 min

    The only number a vendor cannot dress up

    Cost per piece can be produced by firing people. Output per person-hour cannot, because it only improves if volume holds. Four tests to run on any production claim, including ours.

    0.16 → 6.60 usable pieces per person-hour

  • Report 7 min

    The 40% you already paid for

    Every content budget has a rework line nobody puts in the model. On one measured account it moved the real cost per piece from $7.49 to $12.48 — a 67% difference hiding inside a quality metric.

    $7.49 → $12.48 the same month, priced honestly

Every entry above is drawn from the same four months of records.

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