- Do I pick which of these I want?
- No. That is what the audit is for. You buy one thing from TMI — becoming an intelligent company — and the roadmap says which two or three of these it takes. Owners are normally asked to diagnose themselves before anyone will quote. We would rather do the diagnosing.
- Can TMI really do all six?
- Not all six at once for one company, and we would be suspicious of a firm that said otherwise. Most engagements use two or three. Where something genuinely needs a specialist we do not have, we say so and bring one in rather than learning on your money.
- Is this just an agency with a long service list?
- The test is whether the list came from us or from your company. These are not six departments looking for work. They are the six directions the audit's findings can go in, and the audit comes first precisely so the prescription is not decided by what we feel like selling.
- What does any of it cost?
- The audit is $5,000. Everything after it is scoped from the roadmap, fixed scope and fixed price, in writing before work begins. We will not quote a build before the audit, because a number produced before anyone has looked inside is a guess with a decimal point.
- Who owns what TMI builds?
- You do. That includes the roadmap, the systems, the records and the documentation. TMI does not invest in, take equity in, or acquire client companies.
- Does our data ever get used for another client?
- No. Private client data never moves between clients, full stop. General methods and patterns improve how TMI works; your records, your pricing, your customers and your knowledge do not leave your company. Anything in the Data Value pillar happens under your contracts, with your rights checked first, and for your benefit.