One AI decision, answered by people who build these systems: build or buy, which vendor, which use case first, which tool policy. A focused one-hour consultation, or a written direction memo.
Ask your questionQuestions we answer
Each kind of question gets the answer that fits it, built on your own contracts, systems and data. The examples come from Rasikh Holding Group, a fictional Saudi group.
01Build or buy
Build-or-buy memo
Adopt the module. Keep the group layer ready.
02Which vendor
Vendor scorecard
| Criterion | Vendor 1 | Vendor 2 | Vendor 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic accuracy | 3 of 3 | 2 of 3 | 1 of 3 |
| Data residency | 1 of 3 | 3 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| ERP integration | 2 of 3 | 3 of 3 | 1 of 3 |
| Exit terms | 1 of 3 | 2 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
Vendor 2 to the final round
03Which use case first
Use-case-first shortlist
Why first: the data is ready and one team owns it.
One decision. To rank opportunities across the whole group, start with the Audit.
04Which tool policy
One-page AI tool policy
Owner: Group IT · approved by the ExCo
Illustrative example
Our approach
We start from the decision in front of you and stop when you have an answer you can act on.
We pin the question to one decision: who owns it, when it must be made and what a good outcome looks like.
We read the contracts, check system access and data samples, and talk to the people who run the process.
We compare the options on time to value, running cost, lock-in, data handling and Arabic quality.
A written recommendation, the assumptions behind it and what would change it.
Adopt or build
We weigh both options on your own evidence: the vendor's contract and licence terms, access to the systems involved, a sample of real requests, and the capacity of the team who would run it.
AAdopt the moduleRecommended
BBuild our own
Adopt our ERP vendor's AI module, or build our own?
Illustrative example · Rasikh Holding Group
نبي ننقل 6 طبليات قطع غيار من مستودع الدمام لمركز الخدمة في جدة قبل الخميس، عن طريق راسخ للخدمات اللوجستية. مين يعتمد الطلب؟
“We need six pallets of parts moved from the Dammam warehouse to the Jeddah service centre before Thursday, through Rasikh Logistics. Who approves the request?”Crosses two entities · group approval rules apply
SeesRasikh Motors only
!Approved inside Motors only: Logistics' capacity and the group sign-off are never checked. Someone re-routes it by hand.
SeesThe whole group
Routed by policy and authority; a person signs off.
| Factor | AAdopt the vendor's moduleTurn on the AI add-on in the group ERP and configure it to your approvals. | BBuild our own approvals layerSpecify a layer over the group ERP and email that routes each request by the authority matrix. |
|---|---|---|
| Time to live | Fastest: configured on the ERP you already runStronger | Slower: specified, built and tested before it goes live |
| Upfront cost | A licence add-on, with nothing to buildStronger | A Blueprint and a build before it runs |
| Data residency and PDPL | Wherever the vendor's AI service runs: confirm the region in the contract | Where you decide, under your own controlsStronger |
| Lock-in and exit | Tied to the vendor's licence; leaving means rebuilding the rules elsewhere | You own the specification and the rules, and they move with youStronger |
| Arabic quality | As the vendor ships it: test it on your own requests first | Accepted only once it passes on your own Arabic requestsStronger |
| Maintenance owner | The vendor, with every ERP releaseStronger | Your team, or a support agreement |
| Fit to process | Approvals inside one entity, as the vendor designed them | Your authority matrix, across every entityStronger |
Illustrative exampleRasikh Holding Group is fictional. In your case, your contracts, systems and request volumes decide the call.
Deliverables
A focused consultation with the people who own the decision, and a direction memo when the call needs to be written down: the options, the evidence, the recommendation and what would change it.
Consultation notesAV-12
Next: the direction memo
Illustrative exampleAV-12
A one-hour working session with the people who own the decision. We test the options against your contracts, your systems and real requests.
Direction memoAV-12
To: Group IT, Rasikh Holding Group
Question
Adopt our ERP vendor's AI module, or build our own?
Recommendation
Adopt the module. Keep the group layer ready.
Turn on the vendor's module for requests that stay inside one entity. Keep the approvals layer specified for the requests that cross entities.
How the options comparebetter
Assumptions
Illustrative example · Rasikh Holding Group is fictionalAV-12
A short memo leadership can act on: the recommendation, the evidence behind it, the assumptions and what would change the call.
How it fits
One session settles one decision. When the answer reaches across processes or entities, or needs a build, these services carry it on.
