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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 · Rosa's mailbox · every email read

Rosa's year in email

Operations, tax and customer service take 79% of Rosa's email time. Four stages repeat with client after client, all of them every month, and 60 hours of the work could run on their own or become a quick check.

Emails
14,93053 on a typical weekday
Hours of email
488About 9 hours a week
Answered within a day
79%57% within the hour
Hours that could change
6038 run on their own, 22 become a quick check

Emails per month

sent and received, counted once
June, busiest: 1,805
Oct
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Where the time goes

All areas
Operations304 h
Tax54 h
Customer service27 h
Marketing25 h
Scheduling21 h
Purchasing18 h

How the work flows: four stages every client goes through

Runs on its ownYou approveStays with youSomeone else
JobWhat it needsHours a yearFrom now on
Weekly client updateOne routine28
Site visit deskA shared record25
Quote first draftsOne routine22
Permit status checksOne routine22

Who Rosa works with

emails between teammates

Writes to Rosa

MMaya412TTheo388DDev160IIris96

Rosa writes to

MMaya902TTheo330DDev118IIris88

Hand-offs inside the team

11,692 emails between the six
RosaMaya
902
MayaRosa
412
TheoRosa
388
RosaTheo
330
DevRosa
160

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