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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
Sample audit
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Overview
Fernhill Studio · Kofi's mailbox · every email read

Kofi's year in email

Sales, marketing and operations take 65% of Kofi's email time. One stage repeats with client after client, all of them every month, and 42 hours of the work could run on their own or become a quick check.

Emails
7,12026 on a typical weekday
Hours of email
311About 6 hours a week
Answered within a day
75%52% within the hour
Hours that could change
4217 run on their own, 25 become a quick check

Emails per month

sent and received, counted once
March, busiest: 828
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

Where the time goes

All areas
Sales138 h
Marketing36 h
Operations30 h
Purchasing20 h
Scheduling19 h
Events18 h

How the work flows: one stage every client goes through

Runs on its ownYou approveStays with youSomeone else
JobWhat it needsHours a yearFrom now on
Quote first draftsOne routine70

Who Kofi works with

emails between teammates

Writes to Kofi

MMaya318IIris122TTheo96RRosa64

Kofi writes to

MMaya488IIris148TTheo102RRosa76

Hand-offs inside the team

11,692 emails between the six
KofiMaya
488
MayaKofi
318
KofiIris
148
IrisKofi
122
KofiTheo
102

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