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The Product Scaling Playbook

5 workflows you can automate this month. With ROI math, step-by-step guides, and a 30-day action plan. No code. No enterprise budget.

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Is This For You?

This playbook is written for operators — not developers. If any of these sound like your day, it’s for you.

You manage a team of 10-50 and use 3+ tools that don’t talk to each other

Your team spends hours on data entry, copy-pasting, or building reports manually

You’ve thought about automation but don’t know where to start or what the ROI is

You want to scale operations without hiring proportionally

You’re a founder, COO, or operations manager at a Greek SME

Not a developer guide. No code required.

The Hidden Cost of Manual Work

Data entry eats 4-6 hours per person per week. Across a 10-person team, that’s 40-60 hours — the equivalent of a full-time hire doing nothing but copying data between systems.

Reports take days, not minutes. Your Monday morning meeting starts with “I’ll have the numbers by Wednesday.” By then, the data is already stale.

Errors compound silently. A wrong number in a spreadsheet becomes a wrong invoice, a wrong forecast, a wrong decision. Nobody catches it until it costs money.

Good people do boring work. You hired smart operators to solve problems. Instead, they’re formatting spreadsheets and chasing people for updates.

The average Greek SME loses €52,000/year to work machines should handle.

What's Inside

5 Ready-to-Build Workflows

Invoice processing, report generation, lead routing, onboarding, and data sync — each with implementation steps.

ROI Calculator per Workflow

Hours saved, cost reduction, and payback period. Show your CFO the numbers.

30-Day Action Plan

Week-by-week: audit your processes, prioritize by impact, build the first automation, measure results.

Full Table of Contents

01 Your Team Is Doing Work That Machines Should Handle
02 The 5 Workflows at a Glance — overview table with time saved & difficulty
03 Workflow #1: Invoice Processing (4-6 hrs/week saved)
04 Workflow #2: Employee Onboarding (3-5 hrs/new hire)
05 Workflow #3: Report Generation (5-8 hrs/week saved)
06 Workflow #4: Customer Follow-ups (3-4 hrs/week saved)
07 Workflow #5: Data Sync Between Tools (6-10 hrs/week saved)
08 Your 30-Day Automation Plan — Week 1: Audit → Week 4: Measure
09 When to Bring in an Expert vs. DIY

Sneak Peek

Here’s what you’ll get — real pages from the actual document.

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Ready to Ship 2.5x Faster?

Download the playbook. Pick your first automation. Build it this month.

21-33 hrs

Saved per week on average

€52K

Annual cost of manual work

90 days

To positive ROI

What Operations Leaders Say

“We were losing 12 hours a week on manual data entry. After identifying the right workflows, we automated 80% of it in under a month. The playbook made it obvious where to start.”

Operations Manager · 35-person logistics company, Athens

“I showed the ROI calculator to our CFO. We had budget approved in two days. The payback math speaks for itself.”

COO · SaaS company, Thessaloniki

ABOUT PROXIMA

We Build What Others Consult About

Proxima Consulting is an Athens-based tech consulting firm. We don’t sell software licenses — we build custom automation, CRM pipelines, and AI workflows for growing companies. Our team has helped 40+ Greek businesses cut operational costs and scale without proportionally scaling headcount.

proxima.gr · Athens, Greece

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this really free?

Yes. No credit card, no hidden upsell. We wrote it because we keep seeing the same 5 problems in every company we audit. This is the starting point.

Do I need technical skills?

No. The playbook is written for business operators, not developers. Each workflow includes non-technical descriptions and a decision framework for build vs. buy.

How is this different from generic automation guides?

It’s specific to Greek SMEs (10-50 people, 3+ tools, limited IT budget). The ROI numbers are based on real audits, not theoretical benchmarks.

What happens after I download?

You get the PDF instantly. We’ll also send it to your email. If you want hands-on help, you can book a free 30-minute automation audit with our team.

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