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One real piece of work
A single workflow where the value is clear.
Built aroundyour business.
Mzana helps businesses transform with practical software and AI. We start where it creates real value, and stay to keep it working.
Inboxsupplier emails
Spreadsheetweekly_report.xlsx
CRMcustomer records
Portalcustomer portal
ERPorders & invoices
retypecopychasereconcilecheck twicere-enterAI reads & checksevery line against source
Human reviewapprove · edit · decline
Inboxsupplier emails
Spreadsheetweekly_report.xlsx
CRM
ERPorders & invoices
retypereconcilecopyAI reads & checksagainst source
Human reviewapprove · edit
Our approach
We don’t start with software.We start with your business.
Before anything gets built, we sit down with the people who do the work and work it out together.
- We work it out with you.Side by side with the people who know the work best.
- We ask the right questions.About the work, the friction, and why it matters.
- We understand the business.How it really runs today, not how the org chart says it does.
- Then we build.Around what already works, so your people keep their momentum.
Discover
We discover with you.
AI transformation
AI transformationstarts with real value.
Not a company-wide overhaul on day one. It starts with one real piece of work where technology can make a difference, proves itself there, and grows from it.
One place to start
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Connected workflows
What works joins up with the work around it.
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More of the business
Other teams start to benefit from the same foundations.
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Company-wide transformation
Better connected, with people focused on the work that matters.
Areas of work
Where could you start?
Examples, not packages. It often starts wherever a team’s time disappears into manual, repetitive or disconnected work.
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Marketing & Sales
Reporting stitched together from several platforms, prospects researched by hand, and proposals rebuilt from the last one.
Before: stitched togetherAfter: gathered for review
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Client & customer management
Account history spread across the inbox, the CRM and spreadsheets, and follow-ups that depend on someone remembering.
Before: rememberedAfter: drafted on time
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Accounting
Invoices retyped, statements reconciled by eye and month-end figures assembled in spreadsheets.
Before: checked by eyeAfter: flagged with evidence
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ERP & business operations
Orders, stock and job data that don’t agree between systems, and the weekly report someone builds by hand.
Before: reconciled by handAfter: kept in step
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Investigations
Case work that means gathering data from many sources and applying the same criteria by hand, case after case.
Before: gathered case by caseAfter: gathered, then reviewed
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Automation & AI-enabled workflows
Repetitive steps across tools joined into one workflow, with AI doing the reading and drafting and people making the calls.
Before: copied between toolsAfter: one workflow
Something else slowing your team down?Get in contact
BuildProve
We build it with you.Then prove it works.
How we work
Five stages.One team the whole way.
Our recipe for transformation that lasts: find the right place to start, build it with you, prove it, keep it running, then grow it.
01Discover
We discover the first valuable place to start.
We sit down with your team, ask the right questions and learn how the business really works, until the friction worth fixing is clear.
- Sit down with the team
- Ask the right questions
- Find the real opportunity
02Build
We build it with you, not in isolation.
The same people who understood your business build the solution, around the systems and habits that already work.
- Same people, start to finish
- Built around your systems
- Shaped with your team
03Prove
We prove it on real data.
We check it against what you actually expect. Does it work? Does it add value? QA is part of the engagement, not an afterthought.
- Tested on real data
- Expected vs actual
- QA built in
04Run
We keep it running.
We don’t hand over an app and disappear. Building it is only one part of the job: we monitor it, QA it, adapt it as the business changes and fix what needs fixing.
- Monitoring & QA
- Adapting to change
- Fixes and support
05Transform
Then transformation grows.
Once it has proved its value and runs reliably, more workflows improve and more of the business connects. Your people spend less time on repetitive work and more on the work that matters.
- More workflows improved
- More of the business connected
- People on higher-value work
RunTransform
We keep it running.Then grow what works.
By the numbers
Mzana by the numbers.
10× greater productivity
A repetitive investigation workflow that took around 30 minutes per case, rebuilt with custom software and automation. People stay in the loop to review the results.
2× faster dashboard creation
Automation and smarter connections between the data and the dashboard workflow took out the repetitive setup. Dashboards now come together about twice as fast.
30+ combined years of technology experience
Across the leadership team, that experience spans building companies, products, teams and technology.
Leadership
The people you’ll work with.
Across the team, we bring 30+ years of experience building companies, products, teams and technology.
Ling Xiao
Entrepreneur and operator with experience building and scaling technology companies, products and teams. He brings a business-first perspective to where software and AI can create real operational value.
Ling Xiao on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Corrie Stroup
Product and engineering leader with experience across software, product management and technology. He focuses on turning real business and user needs into practical systems and products.
Corrie Stroup on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
- 01Discover
- 02Build
- 03Prove
- 04Run
- 05Transform
Ready to transform?Let’s find where to start.
Tell us about your business and where the work gets stuck. We’ll help you work out the best place to begin.