The structure of our annual read on AI automation in production. Every figure is an unfilled placeholder pending sourced research — nothing here is publishable yet.
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Sector-by-sector breakdown of AI automation adoption, with per-sector sample sizes. Every figure is an unfilled placeholder until it carries a citable, dated source.
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Every figure below is an unfilled placeholder. No number in this piece may be replaced with an estimate, a recollection or a plausible-looking value. Each one is replaced with a sourced, dated figure and a citation, or the section is cut.
This report covers [PLACEHOLDER — verify before publishing] organisations across [PLACEHOLDER — verify before publishing] sectors, surveyed between [PLACEHOLDER — verify before publishing] and [PLACEHOLDER — verify before publishing]. Sample construction, respondent seniority mix, and margin of error to be documented here before publication. Where a figure comes from a third-party source rather than our own survey, the source, its publication date and its own sample size are stated inline.
The functions to be ranked, each with its own figure, once sourced: customer support triage, inbound lead handling, document extraction, internal knowledge search, finance and back-office reconciliation, and reporting. Ranking table: [PLACEHOLDER — verify before publishing]
Candidate blockers to be evidenced rather than asserted: data readiness, unclear ownership, absence of a measurable baseline, integration cost, and procurement or compliance review. Share citing each: [PLACEHOLDER — verify before publishing]
Our own observation, stated as an observation and not as data: most teams cannot say what the manual process cost before automation, which makes any claimed saving unfalsifiable. The share of respondents holding a pre-automation baseline is the single most useful number in this report, and it is [PLACEHOLDER — verify before publishing].
Self-selection bias, respondent seniority skew, and the definition of "in production" used in the questionnaire all need stating plainly here. Full question wording to be published alongside the report.