7 AI Use Cases Prioritized Before Any Implementation Budget Was Committed
~$300M Global Distributor
Business Situation
A global distributor of digital imaging and printing media, with a portfolio of AI tools already in use across the business and an executive team weighing where to direct its next round of AI investment.
The Challenge
More than $600K a year was already committed to AI tooling that had seen limited adoption. Without evidence of where value actually sat, further investment risked funding pilots that would stall for the same structural reasons.
Why It Matters
Compose ran an AI Business and Technology Assessment across infrastructure readiness, organizational capability, and opportunity landscape: data accessibility and integration review, stack compatibility analysis, executive alignment work, pain-point validation, and a phased roadmap separating quick wins from longer-horizon bets.
What Compose Delivered
- Opportunity Portfolio: 7 use cases with feasibility and ROI ratings
- AI/Automation Readiness Scorecard across six assessment dimensions
- Multi-stakeholder review across operations, sales, and supply chain
- Phased roadmap: quick wins, medium-term, and strategic initiatives
- High-level technical architecture blueprint with build-vs-buy guidance
- Infrastructure gap analysis against AI/automation requirements
- Next-phase recommendations with resource, timeline, and budget