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Fernhill
Year 12 · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
OverviewClients and partnersBack officeWhere time goesJobs6Tools and softwareTeam6Hand-offsWhat waitsProjects
Jobs
Quote drafts122 hPermit checks64 hSupplier orders188 hSite visit desk151 hClient update46 hInvoice reminders97 h
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Overview
Fernhill Studio · Iris's mailbox · every email read

Iris's year in email

Finance, collections and IT and systems take 57% of Iris's email time. Two stages repeat with client after client, all of them every month, and 85 hours of the work could run on their own or become a quick check.

Emails
9,86035 on a typical weekday
Hours of email
397About 8 hours a week
Answered within a day
76%52% within the hour
Hours that could change
8558 run on their own, 27 become a quick check

Emails per month

sent and received, counted once
May, busiest: 1,084
Oct
Nov
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Feb
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Apr
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Jun
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Sep

Where the time goes

All areas
Finance112 h
Collections69 h
IT and systems45 h
Automated and bulk38 h
Payroll29 h
Tax27 h

How the work flows: two stages every client goes through

Runs on its ownYou approveStays with youSomeone else
JobWhat it needsHours a yearFrom now on
Invoice remindersA shared record71
Supplier order follow-upA shared record38

Who Iris works with

emails between teammates

Writes to Iris

MMaya506TTheo190KKofi148RRosa88

Iris writes to

MMaya1,406TTheo214KKofi122RRosa96

Hand-offs inside the team

11,692 emails between the six
IrisMaya
1,406
MayaIris
506
IrisTheo
214
TheoIris
190
KofiIris
148

Maya is the hub. The two busiest lanes end with Maya, and the claim held on all 200 reshuffles of the data. See every lane