Independent analysis · Practical direction

Independent analysis, education, prioritization, and governance for manufacturers, distributors, growers, and retailers. Start with one leadership team, one department, or the whole organization; every engagement stands on its own.

Explore the engagements

Choose the level of clarity you need

Paid advice that remains useful without a software purchase.

Each engagement produces a concrete decision, roadmap, or operating capability. Fixed prices cover the stated engagement boundaries; production engineering and material scope expansion are quoted separately.

Executive AI Opportunity Workshop

Align leadership on where AI could create value, what deserves caution, and what should happen next.

One onsite day$6,500 + travel

Best fit

Leadership teams seeking practical orientation before authorizing a broader assessment or build.

You receive

Executive workshop and concise findings memo
Approximately 8–12 candidate opportunities
Initial value-versus-difficulty prioritization
A recommendation to assess, build, wait, or take no immediate action

Boundary

One leadership team of up to ten participants, one preparation call, one onsite workshop day, one findings memo, and one clarification round. Travel, additional days, stakeholder interviews, custom research, architecture, and implementation planning are separate.

Preparation and written findings are included.

Plan an executive workshop

Focused Department AI Assessment

Find the strongest initial AI or automation opportunity within one department and turn it into a practical 90-day plan.

2–3 weeks$12,500 fixed

Best fit

A team facing repetitive, document-heavy, exception-heavy, or information-intensive work.

You receive

Current-state workflow map
Opportunity register and value-complexity matrix
Recommended first pilot and business rationale
Risks, approval boundaries, and 90-day plan
Executive findings presentation

Boundary

One department or closely related workflow set, up to five stakeholder interviews, one findings presentation, and one revision. Production software, integrations, data migration, and additional departments are separate.

Suitable for sales, purchasing, catalog, warehouse, finance, marketing, or retail operations.

Assess a department

Company AI Opportunity & Implementation Roadmap

Turn company-wide possibilities into a prioritized, governed, and budgeted 12-month implementation roadmap.

3–4 weeks$25,000 fixed

Best fit

Leadership teams with several possible initiatives that need a defensible order of operations.

You receive

AI readiness and department opportunity map
Prioritized use-case register and value-complexity matrix
Business cases for the top three pilots
Buy, configure, integrate, or build recommendations
Governance and human-agent authority boundaries
Preliminary budgets and a 12-month roadmap

Boundary

Up to four business functions, eight stakeholder interviews, business cases for the top three pilots, one executive readout, and one revision. Detailed technical discovery, production software, integrations, and data migration are separate.

Thryve's principal company-level advisory engagement.

Build your AI roadmap

Expanded Enterprise AI Strategy

Create a coordinated, multiyear AI strategy across multiple facilities, business units, or executive stakeholders.

5–8 weeksFrom $45,000

Best fit

Larger manufacturers, national distributors, and multi-division businesses requiring deeper coordination and governance.

You may receive

Financial baselines and ROI models
Vendor evaluation scorecards
Governance and acceptable-use structure
Workforce and data-classification recommendations
Multiyear roadmap, pilot portfolio, and stage gates

Boundary

Scope is defined by the facilities, business units, systems, and stakeholder groups involved. Production implementation, detailed implementation architecture, cybersecurity certification, and legal or regulatory opinions are separate.

Final scope and investment reflect the number of business units, facilities, stakeholder groups, and decision gates.

Shape an enterprise strategy

Fractional AI Strategy Advisor

Add continuing AI leadership, roadmap stewardship, and executive guidance without hiring a full-time AI executive.

Initial 3-month termFrom $6,000/month

You receive

Executive cadence and roadmap stewardship
Vendor, proposal, and project review
Governance support and pilot coordination
Measurement, risk, and return review

Engagement levels

Advisory cadence for periodic executive guidance
Embedded cadence for active roadmap stewardship
Fractional AI Lead cadence for weekly leadership
Final scope reflects access, reserved capacity, and response periods

Boundary

Access and monthly capacity are defined in advance; unused capacity does not roll over. Engineering, implementation, third-party costs, and urgent work are scoped separately.

Cadence ranges from monthly executive guidance to weekly roadmap ownership.

Discuss advisory fit

AI Training & Workshops

Give leaders and teams a practical understanding of AI, its operational uses, and the controls required to use it responsibly.

Virtual or onsite workshop dayFrom $3,500

Best fit

Organizations preparing leaders, employees, or departments to evaluate and use AI more effectively.

Possible subjects

Leadership fundamentals and safe employee use
Role-specific sales, service, or purchasing workflows
Agents, chatbots, APIs, and MCP
Approval, privacy, governance, and vendor evaluation

Investment

Virtual day: $3,500. Onsite day: $5,000 + travel. Custom programs are quoted by scope.

Standardized education only; assessments, process mapping, architecture, production recommendations, implementation, cybersecurity certification, and legal or regulatory advice are separate.

Plan a training day

Independent by design

Your recommendations are yours to use.

Implement them with Thryve, your internal team, or another provider. A Strategy & Advisory engagement never requires a software purchase.

01Orient the leadership teamStart with a focused executive workshop. 02Resolve one operational pressure pointAssess a department and select its strongest pilot. 03Set a company directionPrioritize the next twelve months before spending on builds.

Start with the right question

Clarity before commitment.

Tell us what is changing in your business, where the pressure is building, and what leadership needs to decide.

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