Value Seeker

See where a slow process spends its week.

Describe one process that drags in your business. Value Seeker draws how it runs, shows where the work waits, and puts a number on fixing it.

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FreeAbout three minutesNothing to upload or install

A Libra Europe product

Sales quotes

One quote, start to finish 5 days

Illustrative

WorkWaiting

3h 40m

of work

90%

of the time waiting

60h

back a week

FIRST CHANGESend the price request the moment an enquiry is logged.

Your process, drawn the way it actually runs

Pick one process that drags and answer a few questions about it. Value Seeker draws it from what you say.

Sales quotes

How it runs today, drawn from your answers

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CUSTOMERSALESESTIMATINGDIRECTORAsks for a quoteGets itLogs theenquiryAutomateWorks upa priceAI-assistSigns offthe marginValue workRetypes itas a quoteEliminateSendsthe quoteAutomate2 days1.4 days4h 35m3h 45mday 51 step goes · 3 get quicker · the sign-off stays

Step 1 of 3: Who does what, in order

Each person or team involved gets a lane, and the steps draw in the order the work really moves between them.

One sentence in, a business case out

  1. 1

    Name the process that drags

    Quotes, month-end, claims, new starters or returns: whichever costs your team the most time.

  2. 2

    Answer a short interview

    Plain questions about who is involved, how often it runs and where it gets stuck, in your own words.

  3. 3

    Get the drawing and the case

    Your process drawn and timed, today set against a simpler version, and a one-page business case to share.

Under four hours of work in a five-day quote

Every step is timed twice: the work itself, and the wait before it.

Sales quotes

Work against waiting, across the working week

Illustrative
MONTUEWEDTHUFRITODAY · ONE QUOTE, START TO FINISHWaits for a priceSits in an inbox for sign-offWaits to be typed upWaits to be sentout on day 50mof work0%of the time, it is waitingPRICE REQUEST SENT AT ONCE · A SIGN-OFF LIMITout on day 2Same work, with the customer 3 days sooner

Step 1 of 3: The work itself is under four hours

Logging the enquiry, pricing it, signing it off, typing it up and sending it add up to 3 hours 40 minutes.

A business case with the working shown

Hours back a week, the waiting cut and what the time is worth at a rate you give, each figure with its sum beside it. It ends on the first change to make.

Business case · Sales quotes

One page, with the working beside every figure

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Quotes a week

Your figure

0

Work per quote today

Timed from your answers

0m

Work per quote after the change

Retyping goes, three steps quicker

0m

Hours back a week

24 quotes × 2h 30m saved on each

0hours

Time to send a quote

The two longest waits fixed

5 days to 2

What the hours are worth

60 hours at £28, your rate. Time for other work, not a cash saving

£0 a week

FIRST CHANGE

Send the price request to the estimator the moment an enquiry is logged.

Step 1 of 4: Your figures, and the work timed

24 quotes a week, each taking 3h 40m of work today and 1h 10m once the retyping goes and three steps get quicker.

Set against your business, not an average one

Value Seeker reads the group from the companies register and its size from the filed accounts, then sets your process against a published benchmark with the source cited. The figures you give are checked against both.

The business view

From the companies register, filed accounts and published benchmarks

Illustrative
Group parentUK trading companyUK distributionCOMPANIES HOUSE · GROUP STRUCTURE0people in the UK£0mturnoverFILED ACCOUNTS · LATEST YEARTIME TO SEND A QUOTE · WORKING DAYS0123456Benchmark, 1 to 2 days [1]Yours, 5 days3 days of waiting to win back24 quotes a week fits a business this size[1] cited in the case

Step 1 of 4: The group and its size, from public records

The parent and its two UK companies come from the companies register. The 240 people and £38m turnover come from the latest filed accounts.

Value Seeker never suggests replacing a person. It finds the work that gets in their way.

What directors ask before they put a process through it

What does it cost?
Nothing. Value Seeker is free and stays free. Libra built it to start conversations about fixing processes, and we only get involved if you want us to.
How accurate is the drawing?
It is a starting map, not an audit. Every step shows where it came from, so you can correct any line against how the process really runs, then check it with the people who do the work.
Is this about cutting jobs?
No. It counts hours, never heads. Work only a person should do is protected. What goes is the chasing and retyping between people, and the hours go back to your team for other work.
Where do the money figures come from?
From figures you give, such as how often the process runs and what an hour of your team's time costs, with the sum shown beside each one. Hours freed are capacity, not automatically cash, and the case says so.
What does it look up about my business?
Public records only: the group structure and filed accounts at Companies House, and published benchmarks for the process, each one cited. It never asks for access to your systems.
What do I need to prepare?
Nothing to upload or install. The name of the process, a rough idea of how often it runs, and who is involved.
Can I share the result?
Yes. The business case sits behind a private link you can send to a colleague or take to your finance director.
What happens after?
If you want help making the change, that is Libra's day job: walking the process with your team, building the automation into the systems you already run, and staying until the hours are back. If not, the case is yours to use as it stands.

Put your slowest process through it

It is free, takes about three minutes, and ends with the drawing, the waits and a business case you can share.

Assess your first process

Value Seeker runs at vs.libraeurope.com. Libra Europe built it, and will help you make the change if you want us to.

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