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Case Study — Cruscotto Decisionale™ 2.0 Elite

From 50% of Time in Data Collection
to AI-Powered Strategist in 3 Weeks

GM with 25 years of experience in manufacturing. Business plan presented in Brussels: from 6 months to 2 months. The system behind the result? Cruscotto Decisionale™ 2.0 Elite.

Recognised by

Relay.app Certified Partner Certified Partner
Formez PA — Al Servizio della PA Public-sector training
YOURGroup Fractional Network
5 LinkedIn Rating
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Business Plan EU
From 6 months to just 2 months for the European Commission
3min
Monday Analysis
From 1.5–2 hours of manual work to 3 minutes every week
3W
Payback
Programme return on investment in just 3 weeks
100%
Time Redirected
From 50% data collection towards 100% strategic thinking

External validation: compliments from the EU advisors on the time and quality of the data presented in Brussels.

The Problem

Why was time the scarcest resource for Fabio Armellini?

Fabio is a GM at a €40M turnover SMB in the waste management sector. 25 years of experience across plant management, corporate mergers, and greenfield start-ups. Expertise was never the issue — time to use it was.

His day followed a pattern familiar to many GMs: half the time collecting numbers, a quarter analysing them, and only a quarter left for what actually moves companies forward — strategic thinking.

"The scarce resource that will remain scarce is my time. The goal is to turn this time around."

— Fabio Armellini, General Manager

The Method

How did the Cruscotto Decisionale™ 2.0 Elite work in practice?

A three-step path built around the manager's real processes — not generic templates.

1

Designed Around Specific Operating Needs

No generic prompt engineering. The programme begins with Fabio's real processes: what data he collects, in what format, and how often. The system is built around him — not a universal template.

2

Building Operational Skills

The real change came when Fabio created his first operational skills. A single keyword (dashboard) triggers an automated process that pulls 4 Excel files, cleans them, extracts 5 KPIs, and produces a ready-to-use sheet. Every Monday morning: from 1.5–2 hours to 3 minutes.

3

Co-creation: The Thinking Stays Yours

The document presented in Brussels was not generated by AI. It was generated with AI. The structure, strategy, and judgement belonged to Fabio and his team. AI compressed the timeline from 6 months to 2.

"It's 50/50. But that 50 that you produce is strategic thinking — it's generations of your thinking that AI amplifies."

The Result

What Fabio achieved in 3 weeks

"In 3 weeks I have largely recovered the 2 hours invested. And today those 10 hours I work with are made up of a different segmentation - towards the hours with greater added value."

— Fabio Armellini, General Manager, €40M waste-management SME

Programme Payback

3 weeks. Not 3 months. Not ‘in the long run’. Three weeks.

EU Business Plan

Completed in 2 months instead of 6, with commendation from European advisors.

Strategic Time

Shifted from data collection towards the hours that generate the most value.

Who is a path like Fabio's suitable for?

Who It Is Suitable For

  • GMs and SMB owners who spend more than half their time on data collection
  • Fractional executives with 10+ years of experience looking to scale
  • Those who have already tried AI in an ad-hoc way without systematic results

It's Not For Whom

  • Those seeking a generic self-serve tool without a structured programme
  • Those who fundamentally do not believe markets are changing
  • Those who want to "try it out" without committing time in the first few weeks

If you're spending more time collecting data than using it to make decisions, the problem isn't expertise. It's the system.

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