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Your board wants proof.

SilkFlo turns AI ideas into approved business cases, then tracks the return they deliver across Copilot, RPA and agentic AI. Built for AI, digital and transformation leaders.

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Copilot meeting notes & actions
Business case

Tracking realised value against the original business case

Net benefit to date
£57,900
ROI to date
260%
Payback period
Month 1
Cumulative cash flow
Actuals to date vs forecast
£60k£30k£0 M0M4M8M12 Forecast £57.9k to date
Value realisation
Net benefit to date
£57,900
Hours saved to date2,672
Labour savings£80,160
ROI to date
260%
Payback
Month 11 month early

One-off investment £8,000

Solution architect £2,250
Change & adoption £1,750
Prompt & agent build £4,000

Running cost per year £42,780

Microsoft 365 Copilot licences £17,784
Remaining manual effort £24,996
What opportunity do you see today?Describe it, and SilkFlo helps you assess and track it
Copilot could write our meeting notes and chase the actions.
Employee ▾Generate Idea ✦
Decision
Which initiatives should we fund?
HighLow HardEasy to deliver Quick wins Copilot meeting notes ROI 89.7% · payback 2 mo
Potential value£3.58M
Avg ROI103.7%
Approved ✓
Financial story
Net cashable savings, all initiatives, year to date
£11.5kCost savings +£7.5kRevenue £19.0kNet cashable
Run-rate£9.0k / mo
Annualised£108k
Initiatives10

Simplified SilkFlo screens with demo workspace data.

Trusted by leaders accountable for AI investment return

£12M

In savings identified by Aviva UK

In 21 days · At £865 cost · 90x cheaper than consulting

600%+

Year 1 ROI on SilkFlo itself

Modelled for a 5-user CoE team · £85k value on £12k investment

60%

Reduction in manual ROI reporting

~15 hours returned per Business Analyst per month

The problem

Why AI that works still doesn't show up in the P&L

AI shows up in the P&L only when someone tracks its benefits after go-live. Most organisations don't: business cases are filed at approval and never checked, and vendor dashboards count usage, not return. Benefits realisation closes that gap.

1

Ideas scattered everywhere

Use cases sit in Excel, Miro and inboxes, with no standard intake and no single view of the portfolio.

2

Funding follows the loudest voice

Approvals go to whoever argues best, not the initiative most likely to pay back.

3

Business cases nobody revisits

Once a project goes live, nobody checks the forecast against what it actually delivered.

4

Reporting eats hours every month

Innovation leads build reports by hand every month to defend budgets they can't evidence.

How SilkFlo works

Benefits realisation for every AI initiative

Benefits realisation means checking that each investment delivers what its business case promised. Most teams try it in spreadsheets, months after go-live. SilkFlo builds it into every step, from the first idea to the last pound saved.

1Discover

Capture every AI idea in plain words

Staff describe an opportunity in their own words. SilkFlo's AI turns it into a scored idea with the team, process and likely benefits, all tied to value drivers, so good ideas don't get lost in an inbox.

  • No long forms
  • Every idea scored the same way
  • Hit pipeline targets without chasing teams for ideas
“SilkFlo transformed our messy innovation pipeline into a £12M portfolio of financially-vetted, board-ready business cases. It changed the conversation from ‘what if’ to ‘what’s the ROI’.”
Graham LeeClaims Innovation Lead, Aviva UK102 opportunities · £12M · 21 days
What opportunity do you see today?Describe it, and SilkFlo helps you assess and track it
Copilot could write our meeting notes and chase the actions.
Employee ▾Generate Idea ✦
IdeaCopilot meeting notes & actions
Value driverProductivity
StageReview
Suggested techMicrosoft 365 Copilot
2Discover

Build an AI business case the board will fund

Each idea becomes a costed business case: one-off investment (CapEx), running costs (OpEX), expected benefits (hard and soft) and payback. That gives you a benefits realisation plan you can track from day one. Try the method in our free AI ROI calculator.

  • Ready-made models for Copilot, RPA and agentic AI
  • Costs and benefits in plain terms
  • Win budget sign-off in fewer rounds with finance
“SilkFlo simplifies cost/benefit analysis and ROI tracking in one click. Exactly what’s needed to streamline innovation management and communicate value to stakeholders.”
Bianca AgostonAI & Automation Leader
Business case · Forecast
Copilot meeting notes & actions
One-off investment£8,000
Running cost per year£44,784
Labour savings per year (3,000 hrs)£90,000
Net annual benefit£45,216
ROI (3-year)89.7%
Payback2 months
Year 1 ROI70.5%
3Govern

Approve AI investments through clear stage gates

Every idea moves through the same gates, from review to approval. Leaders compare value against ease of delivery across the whole portfolio, so funding follows evidence and every sign-off is on record.

  • One view of every idea, by stage
  • A clear record of who approved what
  • Stop funding work that won't pay back
“SilkFlo eliminates the silos when implementing AI and automation. With centralised governance, it’s easier to get stakeholder buy-in and keep everyone aligned on company strategy and goals.”
Georgina OwensCTO
Decision
Which initiatives should we fund?
HighLow HardEasy to deliver Quick wins Copilot meeting notes ROI 89.7% · payback 2 mo
Potential value£3.58M
Avg ROI103.7%
Approved ✓
4Realise

Track realised benefits against the forecast

Once an initiative is live, SilkFlo brings in usage from Copilot, UiPath and your other tools and compares realised benefits with the original business case. Anything behind plan is flagged early, while there's still time to fix it.

  • Works across any AI or automation vendor
  • Forecast vs actual, updated as data arrives
  • No more chasing benefit owners for monthly updates
“SilkFlo has become an important part of our benefits realisation approach, providing us with a structured way to capture, assess, prioritise and track opportunities across our digital transformation and automation portfolio.”
Daniel ArnoldSenior Digital Manager, Staffordshire County Council
Business case · Actuals
Synced from Microsoft Copilot
Paid back 1 month early
£60k£30k£0 M0M4M8M12 Forecast £57.9k to date
Net benefit to date£57,900
ROI to date260%
PaybackMonth 1
5Realise

Report one benefits realisation number to the board

Every initiative rolls up into one benefits realisation dashboard: net cashable savings, run-rate and annualised value, with cashable and non-cashable benefits kept separate. When the board asks what AI has returned, the answer is ready.

  • Every figure traces back to an initiative
  • Cashable and non-cashable benefits reported separately
  • Answer “what has AI returned?” in minutes, not weeks
“Before SilkFlo, our RPA and AI projects were in spreadsheets — it was chaotic, wasted time and lacked transparency. Now it’s all unified. SilkFlo provides the board-level transparency we needed.”
Ryan BarkerCTO, Re-Insurance
Financial story
Net cashable savings, all initiatives, year to date
£11.5kCost savings +£7.5kRevenue £19.0kNet cashable
Run-rate£9.0k / mo
Annualised£108k
Initiatives10
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Simplified SilkFlo screens with demo workspace data.

Independent ROI tracking

AI tools report usage. SilkFlo reports return.

Copilot counts prompts. Agent and automation platforms count runs. Each dashboard covers one vendor and stops short of the money. SilkFlo sits across all of them and tracks what every initiative returns against its business case, whatever it’s built on.

Independent of every AI and automation vendor
AI assistants
Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini
Active users, prompts sent
Usage
Agents & automation
Agentforce, Power Automate, UiPath
Runs, tasks completed
Activity
SilkFlo
Every tool, one view
Forecast vs actual £, per initiative
£57,900
Net benefit to date · Copilot meeting notes & actions
Forecast
Paid backMonth 1
Forecast paybackMonth 2
Return

SilkFlo figures are demo workspace data.

Case study · Aviva UK

How Aviva found £12M of savings opportunities in 21 days

Aviva's Claims Innovation team tracked ideas in spreadsheets and a Miro board, with no standard intake and no financial model. With SilkFlo's AI intake and ready-made business case models, they qualified 102 AI and automation opportunities in 21 days, each with a costed business case. Total cost: £865.

“SilkFlo transformed our process discovery, uncovering £12 million in savings in just three weeks. Its efficiency and ease of use have been a genuine step change for our team.”
Graham Lee, Aviva UK
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£12M
Savings opportunities identified
102 use cases, each with a costed business case
21
Days to a costed, prioritised pipeline
From spreadsheets and a Miro board
90x
Lower cost than consulting
£865 vs £75,600 consulting equivalent

The Choice of Leaders Accountable for AI investment return

SilkFlo is the shared language for the organizations moving from “digital activity” to “realized business value.” We provide the framework that aligns the boardroom with the front lines.

Ryan Barker
Ryan BarkerCTO - Re-Insurance
"Before SilkFlo, our RPA and AI projects were in spreadsheets - it was chaotic, wasted time and lacked transparency. Now it's all unified. SilkFlo provides the transparency our board requires."
Bianca Agoston
Bianca AgostonAI & Automation Leader
SilkFlo simplifies cost/benefit analysis and ROI tracking in one click. Exactly what’s needed to streamline innovation management and communicate value to stakeholders
Roland Szymanski
Roland SzymanskiCOO - Electronics Manufacturing
“SilkFlo has been crucial for our automation and AI initiatives. From Discovery to Go-Live, SilkFlo has helped us discover 100s of ideas, with forecasted value of over 3 million euros.
Matt Allen
Matt AllenAutomation Director - Consulting
"With SilkFlo, we can see our innovation projects clearly in one pipeline, making prioritization and delivery faster than ever. It's a truly dedicated tool we wish we had earlier."
Mario Lazo
Mario LazoSenior Program Lead for AI & Automation - Consulting
"SilkFlo enables a culture where everyone's input in the AI journey is valued. It goes beying idea management and allows the whole org to share and measure ideas effortlessly, driving better AI and automation solutions from the get-go."
Georgina Owens
Georgina OwensCTO
SilkFlo eliminates the silos when implementing AI and automation. With centralised governance, it's easier to get stakeholder buy-in and keep everyone aligned on company strategy and goals.

Vendor-agnostic. Integrates via API with your entire ecosystem.

SilkFlo sits above your execution tools, providing the independent financial audit layer that no individual vendor has an incentive to run.

SilkFlo API - integrate your whole hyperautomation tech stack

Frequently Asked Questions

What is SilkFlo?

  • What is SilkFlo?

    SilkFlo is a Value Realization Platform that helps enterprise Finance and Innovation teams justify, govern, and measure the ROI of AI and technology initiatives. It provides a single platform to capture AI use cases, build data-driven business cases, track portfolio performance, and prove financial outcomes — replacing spreadsheets and disconnected tools with one unified system of record.

  • What is AI Value Realization?

    Vendor Dashboard Bias is the structural conflict of interest in vendor-reported ROI metrics. UiPath reports adoption rates. Microsoft reports active Copilot users. Salesforce reports logins. These are capability metrics designed to justify licence renewals , not to measure your P&L impact. Vendors are financially incentivized to report positively on their own product. An independent platform with no vendor affiliation is the only source of unbiased ROI measurement.

  • How do I prove AI ROI to the board?

    Proving AI ROI to the board requires three things: a financially-modelled business case approved before the project starts, a governance process that tracks delivery against that forecast and a post-deployment audit comparing actual P&L impact against the original assumptions. SilkFlo’s Realized Value Ledger automates Benefits Realization, running the Forecast vs. Realized Loop continuously without manual spreadsheet work. Aviva UK used this approach to identify £12M in savings in 21 days at 90x lower cost than traditional consulting.

  • How is SilkFlo different from a project management tool?

    Unlike general project management tools such as Jira or Asana that act as a ‘System of Work’, SilkFlo is purpose-built for the financial governance of AI and technology initiatives, acing as a ‘System of Value’. It combines opportunity discovery, AI business case modelling, stage-gate governance, and real-time ROI tracking in one platform. It sits above your execution tools as the financial and strategic layer – vendor-agnostic and integrated via API with your existing tech stack. 

  • How quickly can SilkFlo deliver value?

    SilkFlo customers have identified pipeline value in as little as 21 days. One enterprise customer (Aviva UK) identified over £12 million in cost-saving opportunities within the first three weeks of use. Business cases that previously took weeks to build can be produced in minutes using SilkFlo’s AI and Solution Blueprints. 

  • Who is SilkFlo designed for?

    SilkFlo is built for the people who fund AI and automation work and are accountable for its return, not the developers who build it. Primary users include Heads of AI, Heads of Automation, Finance Directors, CFOs, COOs and Centre of Excellence leads at mid-market and enterprise organisations across UK insurance, financial services, manufacturing, consulting and the public sector.

  • Is benefits realisation now a compliance requirement?

    For programmes governed under PMI standards, yes. PMBOK 7 (2021) formalised benefits realisation as a required closing process group. Every PMI-governed programme is now obligated to track realized benefits against the original business case. For UK public sector organisations, Value for Money is a statutory audit obligation under the National Audit Office framework. SilkFlo operationalises both requirements through its Realized Value Ledger and audit-ready governance workflows.

  • Is SilkFlo secure and compliant?

    Yes. SilkFlo is ISO 27001:2022 certified, GDPR-compliant, and holds UK Cyber Essentials certification. Full security documentation is available at silkflo.eu.trust.site. 

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