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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>VivaSync · Articles by Thibault Pons de Vincent</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/</link><description>Field notes, methods and industry guides for CEOs who want their company to run without spending their days on it.</description><language>en</language>
<item><title>Overdue invoices from day 7: AI drafts, the CEO approves</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/overdue-invoices-day-seven/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/overdue-invoices-day-seven/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A payment reminder drafted on day 7 and approved by the CEO goes out on time. How to set it up without straining client relationships.</description></item>
<item><title>What&#x27;s left for the CEO when AI does the rest</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/what-is-left-for-the-ceo/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/what-is-left-for-the-ceo/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Cash, collections, checks, meetings, email, studies: what I handed to AI, what I kept, the limits, and where you should start.</description></item>
<item><title>How I rebuilt ten years of accounts in a single day</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ten-years-of-accounts-in-one-day/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ten-years-of-accounts-in-one-day/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Ten years of spreadsheets, 28,719 transactions, three banks: rebuilt in one day into weekly finance tracking. What it found, and how to do it.</description></item>
<item><title>190 checks every night: what I no longer check myself</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/190-checks-every-night/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/190-checks-every-night/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Every night, 4 diagnostics run about 190 checks and only anomalies come up. What to check first in your company, and the traps to avoid.</description></item>
<item><title>An appointment-setting agent, built in a day</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/booking-agent-in-a-day/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/booking-agent-in-a-day/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>It runs every 15 minutes and books 60% of the meetings that come from a reply. Its net effect is still being measured.</description></item>
<item><title>An AI agent to run our meetings</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-agent-for-our-meetings/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-agent-for-our-meetings/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Nora prepares the agenda, runs the meeting and publishes the minutes. What that changes for following up on decisions.</description></item>
<item><title>What did not work, and what I learned from it</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/what-did-not-work/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/what-did-not-work/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A voice agent on hold, too many false alerts, checks nobody read. What these failures taught me about running AI in a company.</description></item>
<item><title>Why AI costs us about 1% of revenue</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-cost-one-percent/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-cost-one-percent/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Agents that only use AI when there is work, one model per task, a small server. And the right benchmark to judge that cost.</description></item>
<item><title>An automated recruitment firm, built in six days</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/recruitment-firm-six-days/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/recruitment-firm-six-days/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>What build speed changes for a CEO, how to break a business down into tasks, and what has to stay in human hands.</description></item>
<item><title>Trading and distribution: getting emailed orders into the ERP without retyping</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/distribution-email-orders/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/distribution-email-orders/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Read orders sent by email, PDF or WhatsApp, enter them in the ERP with approval, answer stock and lead-time questions, follow up on what is pending.</description></item>
<item><title>Real estate: qualifying enquiries and lining up viewings</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/real-estate-enquiries-viewings/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/real-estate-enquiries-viewings/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Qualify enquiries, offer viewing slots, draft listings and viewing reports, chase incomplete files: what AI can take on for a brokerage.</description></item>
<item><title>Law firms: what to automate and what stays with the lawyer</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/law-firms-automation/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/law-firms-automation/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Intake, file preparation, first drafts, deadlines and time recording: what a law firm can hand to AI, and what must stay with the lawyer.</description></item>
<item><title>Freight and logistics: answering quote requests in minutes</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/logistics-freight-quotes/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/logistics-freight-quotes/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Quote requests, shipment tracking, delay alerts before the customer calls, carrier invoice checks: what AI can handle in freight and logistics.</description></item>
<item><title>How to choose your company&#x27;s first AI project</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/first-ai-project/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/first-ai-project/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Repetitive, frequent, measurable, with accessible data and someone to approve it: five tests for picking your company&#x27;s first AI project.</description></item>
<item><title>Industrial companies: answering RFQs faster with AI</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-industrial-quotes/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-industrial-quotes/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Reading an RFQ or a drawing, pulling prices and lead times, a draft quote approved by a person, supplier follow-up: where AI fits in quoting.</description></item>
<item><title>Measuring the ROI of AI without inventing numbers</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/measuring-ai-roi/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/measuring-ai-roi/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A baseline, two or three metrics, a second measurement: how to judge an AI project on facts rather than on estimated savings.</description></item>
<item><title>Accounting and tax firms: what AI can take on today</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-accounting-firms/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-accounting-firms/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Sorting documents, chasing missing receipts, first drafts, filing deadlines: what AI can already do in an accounting firm, and what stays human.</description></item>
<item><title>Get your data ready before you hand anything to AI</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/get-your-data-ready/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/get-your-data-ready/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Connect banks, CRM, invoices and email, clean what matters, decide who approves: the data work to do before handing any task to AI.</description></item>
<item><title>AI in construction: where to start when you run a contracting company</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-in-construction/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-in-construction/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Site reports from voice notes, payment applications, document chasing, tenders, subcontractors: where AI can help a contracting company.</description></item>
<item><title>AI director, consultant or agency: who should you bring in?</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-director-consultant-or-agency/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/ai-director-consultant-or-agency/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Three ways to bring AI into a mid-sized company, compared on lead time, price certainty, who runs it and knowledge of the CEO&#x27;s job.</description></item>
<item><title>Automate before you talk about AI</title><link>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/automate-before-ai/</link><guid>https://www.vivasync.io/en/blog/automate-before-ai/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>At Oliverlist, automation tripled revenue per person before generative AI. Automate the predictable first, then bring in AI.</description></item>
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