15 Days. Fixed Scope. Deliverable-Based.
You don't need more AI tools. You need a framework.
Most manufacturing businesses that have started using AI have the same problem: activity without architecture. A workflow automated here, a tool trialled there, a pilot that went nowhere. Curiosity and effort, but no coherent strategy connecting it.
The result is predictable. Without governance, without clear priorities, and without a shared picture of what success looks like, each initiative runs in isolation. The technology isn't the issue. The foundation is.
Getting serious about AI doesn't mean doing more. It means building the structure that makes what you do next actually work.
Strategic Advisory Engagements are 15-day, fixed-scope engagements for industrial businesses that have started using AI and need to get the foundations right. Structured, deliverable-based, and bounded. Not open-ended advice.
The engagement produces four deliverables.
Four deliverables
How the 15 days are structured
AI Readiness Assessment
Where your business actually sits, not where it thinks it sits. A clear-eyed picture of current capability, gaps, and priorities.
Governance Framework
The rules, roles, and guardrails for AI use across the business. The structure that makes adoption repeatable and accountable.
Pilot Roadmap
A prioritised, practical plan for your first or next AI implementation. Sequenced to reduce risk and build on what already works.
Stakeholder Alignment Strategy
Because the most common failure point isn't technical. Getting leadership aligned before the first pilot is part of the work, not an afterthought.
The 15-day scope is deliberate. You know what you're buying. There's a defined start, a defined scope, and defined deliverables. When the engagement closes, the foundation is in place.
If your team needs the groundwork first, start with AI Fundamentals for your team. To carry the strategy through implementation, a Fractional CAIO arrangement is the natural next step.
Questions
Common questions
What is included in a 15-day Strategic Advisory engagement?
The 15-day scope covers AI readiness assessment, strategy development, governance framework design, use case prioritisation, and a vendor and tooling review relevant to your operation. The work is structured and fixed, so you know at the outset what the 15 days will produce. All work is led by Marnie Davey directly.
What is the output at the end of the engagement?
The engagement produces a written AI strategy your business owns. Not a presentation or a summary document, but a framework specific enough to act on. It includes prioritised use cases, a governance structure, and a clear view of what the next 12 months of AI activity should look like for your business.
What happens after the engagement?
That depends on your situation. Some businesses use the strategy to proceed independently. Others move into a Fractional CAIO arrangement to maintain momentum and accountability through implementation. The engagement is designed to be complete in itself. A follow-on arrangement is available but not assumed.
Is this advisory-only, or does it include implementation work?
Strategic Advisory is advisory in scope. The 15 days produce a framework and a strategy. Implementation work sits outside this engagement. Where implementation support is needed, a Fractional CAIO arrangement is the appropriate next step.
Who is Strategic Advisory designed for?
It's designed for industrial businesses in manufacturing, construction, engineering, resources, or logistics that are ready to build a structured AI strategy but don't yet have the internal capability to do it. The typical client has explored AI at the edges and knows they need a framework, but hasn't had the right resource to build one.
How is this different from Fractional CAIO?
Strategic Advisory is fixed scope and time-bound: 15 days, a defined output, then done. Fractional CAIO is ongoing and embedded, focused on sustained leadership through strategy and implementation over months. Strategic Advisory is often the right starting point; Fractional CAIO is the right ongoing arrangement once strategy is in place.
Ready to build the foundation?
Strategic Advisory Engagements are 15-day, fixed-scope engagements for industrial businesses that need a framework, not more tools.
- Location
- Newcastle and Greater Hunter Region
New South Wales, Australia - Industrial AI Benchmark
- index.integratedai.com.au