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Automation operations map

10 domains · 40 processes · 120 machine stages · human sign-off on all

AFA operations map: ten domains, forty processes, one hundred and twenty machine stages, one human checkpoint on each process1234
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Support
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Operations
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Finance
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Loyalty
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Marketing
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SEO
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Reporting
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Every process, step by step

Salesleads · quotes · follow-upFrom a stranger's first message to the deal landing with a named person.

Lead capture

Starts with
A message on WhatsApp, Instagram, the site form, or a missed call.
Decides
New customer or returning? Which product are they asking about?
Does
One record is created with the channel, the message and the time. Nothing is retyped.
You approve
An unclear source is checked with you before it is assigned.

Quote

Starts with
A lead with a product and a quantity.
Decides
Price, discount and validity read from your own rules.
Does
A numbered quote goes out in the same conversation.
You approve
Any discount past your ceiling reaches you before it goes out.

Stalled-deal follow-up

Starts with
A deal sitting in one stage longer than you allow.
Decides
Still thinking, or effectively gone?
Does
One short nudge on the same channel. Twice at most, then it stops.
You approve
Muting follow-up for any customer is one click.

Rep handoff

Starts with
A lead that has become serious.
Decides
Which rep, by current load and territory, not turn-taking.
Does
The whole conversation moves with the file; the customer never repeats themselves.
You approve
Handoff is reversible and every change is recorded.
PhonePhone operator · booking · routingThe calls that used to go unanswered, or needed someone sitting on them.

Answering calls

Starts with
Any call, any hour, including after you close.
Decides
What does the caller want, and does one plain answer settle it?
Does
The operator picks up, answers or takes the details, and logs the call.
You approve
Anything it cannot handle is transferred or escalated to you on the spot.

Booking by phone

Starts with
A caller who wants a slot or an appointment.
Decides
Which times are genuinely free, allowing for closures and gaps between jobs?
Does
A slot is offered, booked, and reminders are armed for both sides.
You approve
You set capacity and hours; the system never books outside them.

Routing calls

Starts with
A call meant for one person or one team.
Decides
What is it about, and who is actually available right now?
Does
It transfers; if nobody answers, the message and number are logged and flagged.
You approve
You define the routing order and can change it at any time.

Call notes

Starts with
The end of every call.
Decides
What from this call is worth keeping?
Does
A summary, the number and the outcome land in the customer file, searchable.
You approve
The full transcript stays available to you, not just the summary.
Supporttriage · replies · escalationEvery request that arrives after the sale, until it is closed.

Ticket triage

Starts with
Any message reaching support.
Decides
What is it, how urgent, do we have an approved answer?
Does
The request enters the right queue, tagged and prioritised.
You approve
A wrong call is fixed in one click, and the system learns.

First reply

Starts with
A request whose subject is known.
Decides
The answer comes from your approved material, not thin air.
Does
Sent on the same channel, any hour of the day.
You approve
An answer the system is unsure of is not sent at all.

Escalation

Starts with
A request the automatic answer did not solve, or a sensitive one.
Decides
Which specialist, by subject and who is actually there.
Does
The full history moves along; the customer never retells the story.
You approve
The customer is informed their case has reached a specialist.

Post-resolution survey

Starts with
A support case being closed.
Decides
Only genuinely resolved cases are asked.
Does
One short question; the answer sticks to the case.
You approve
A low score reaches you that moment, not month-end.
Operationsorders · stock · dispatchEverything after the order is taken; the part that usually lives in someone's head.

Order intake

Starts with
A confirmed order from any channel.
Decides
Are the items, address and payment complete?
Does
The order joins one queue, with an id, where everyone can see it.
You approve
An incomplete order is not rejected; it waits for you in review.

Stock check

Starts with
Every new order, plus one daily sweep.
Decides
Real stock minus what has been promised; not just the warehouse number.
Does
A line running low is reported to purchasing before it hits zero.
You approve
A purchase order is never raised automatically. Only proposed.

Dispatch scheduling

Starts with
An order or job that is ready to go.
Decides
Who, where, and with how much capacity left today?
Does
The slot reaches the customer and the technician, in both calendars.
You approve
A manual reshuffle always wins.

Response-time watch

Starts with
Every open case, continuously.
Decides
How long to the promised deadline, holidays counted?
Does
A case at risk surfaces before it is late, not after.
You approve
You set the deadlines; the system just guards them.
Financeinvoices · matching · receivablesWhere money comes in, where it gets stuck, and when to chase it.

Invoice issue

Starts with
An order delivered or a job done.
Decides
Tax, discount and terms per the contract.
Does
Numbered, sent, and written to the books.
You approve
An unusual invoice is approved before it leaves.

Payment matching

Starts with
Any bank or gateway entry.
Decides
Which open invoice do the amount, date and reference fit?
Does
Matches settle; misfits wait on a review list rather than being forced.
You approve
No financial record closes without a definite match.

Receivables follow-up

Starts with
An invoice past its due date.
Decides
What tone, what interval? This customer's history says.
Does
Reminders step up gradually; every reply sticks to the file.
You approve
One word from you stops it; anything serious reaches you first.

Supplier payout

Starts with
An approved supplier invoice.
Decides
Do the purchase order, goods receipt and invoice agree?
Does
The payment queues with all its paperwork attached.
You approve
A payment never executes on its own. Final approval always rests with a person.
LoyaltyMembership · points · win-backThe customer who bought once and quietly disappeared.

Automatic membership

Starts with
A new customer’s first purchase or first call.
Decides
Is this number already in the club, or new?
Does
A membership record opens and the customer gets the welcome and the terms.
You approve
You write the welcome message and the terms.

Points and rewards

Starts with
Every logged purchase.
Decides
What is this purchase worth, and has the customer reached the next tier?
Does
Points are added and announced; a reward that has landed waits to be used.
You approve
You set the point rules and the discount ceiling.

Winning back quiet customers

Starts with
A customer who has gone longer than usual without buying.
Decides
What was this customer’s own pattern; are they late, or always like this?
Does
One short message tied to their last purchase. Twice at most, then it stops.
You approve
Any customer can be taken off this list with one click.

Occasion offers

Starts with
Dates you define, from a customer’s birthday to calendar occasions.
Decides
Does this offer suit this customer, or is it just one more message?
Does
An occasion message goes out with an offer that fits their buying history.
You approve
No group message is ever sent without your approval.
Marketingsegments · campaigns · resultsGetting the right message to someone who has bought from you before.

Customer segments

Starts with
Any change in buying behaviour or status.
Decides
Groups computed from real behaviour, not a hand-kept list.
Does
Segments stay current, ready for any campaign.
You approve
Every group can be reviewed and edited before use.

Campaign send

Starts with
A scheduled slot, or an event like a birthday or repeat purchase.
Decides
How many messages has this person had lately? Nobody gets worn out.
Does
Sent on the channel that person actually answers.
You approve
No campaign reaches a list without your approval.

Publishing queue

Starts with
Content marked ready.
Decides
The best hour, from when your audience is really active.
Does
Published to the set channels; each post's result recorded.
You approve
Writing and sign-off stay yours; the system only publishes.

Channel results

Starts with
Any sale whose path can be traced.
Decides
Credit follows the customer's real journey, not the last click.
Does
Cost and result per channel, side by side.
You approve
A channel without enough data reads unknown, never zero.
SEOaudits · keywords · rankingsBeing found by the person searching for what you sell, right now.

Technical audit

Starts with
Every time a new build of the site ships.
Decides
Which faults are keeping pages out of the results?
Does
A ranked list of faults is produced and handed to the fix queue.
You approve
You approve the significant fixes before they ship.

Keywords and rivals

Starts with
Monthly, across the categories that actually sell.
Decides
What words do people use to look for this?
Does
The term list is refreshed with volume estimates and rival positions.
You approve
You pick the target terms.

Page optimisation

Starts with
A product page is added or edited.
Decides
Do the title, description and body match the target term?
Does
Suggested titles and descriptions are drafted and queued.
You approve
Nothing publishes until you approve the text.

Ranking report

Starts with
Weekly, at a fixed hour.
Decides
Which terms moved up, and which slipped?
Does
A report on rank movement and inbound traffic is sent to you.
You approve
What to do about a slipped page is your call.
ContentCalendar · drafts · publishingThe page that has to be filled every week and is always behind.

Content calendar

Starts with
The start of whatever cycle you have defined.
Decides
What needs saying this cycle, and on which channel?
Does
A calendar with a topic and a date per post is built and shared with the team.
You approve
You approve the topics; the calendar does not run unapproved.

Drafting

Starts with
Every approved topic on the calendar.
Decides
Tone, length and format, from the channel and from what has worked before.
Does
Copy and an image suggestion are prepared and queued for review.
You approve
Nothing is published without you reading and approving it.

Scheduled publishing

Starts with
Approved content whose slot has arrived.
Decides
The best hour for this channel, from your own audience’s behaviour.
Does
The post goes out on the hour and its link is recorded.
You approve
Up to the moment it publishes you can stop it or move the date.

Performance report

Starts with
The end of each publishing cycle.
Decides
Which topics actually got seen, and which did not?
Does
A short summary per channel, with a suggestion for the next cycle.
You approve
A suggestion, not a decision; you close the next calendar.
Reportingbriefs · alerts · forecastsTurning what got recorded into something a decision can rest on.

Daily brief

Starts with
One fixed hour, every working day.
Decides
What actually changed since yesterday?
Does
A short summary lands where the team already reads.
You approve
You define what it covers and who gets it.

Deviation alert

Starts with
Any number the system tracks continuously.
Decides
Is this normal for this weekday, this season?
Does
The odd one out is reported with context: what, how far, since when.
You approve
Nothing is auto-corrected. You get the news; you decide.

Demand forecast

Starts with
The close of any period you define.
Decides
Past trend, season and calendar events read together.
Does
A range with its margin of error; never one confident number.
You approve
Every forecast is labelled an estimate, source data in view.

Management pack

Starts with
Month end, or whatever period you run.
Decides
Which handful of numbers matter this period?
Does
A presentable document, every figure traceable.
You approve
It reaches you before anyone else.