Fixed-scopeTime & materialsOutcomes-basedEmbeddedSustain

Engagement models built around your risk appetite.

We tailor the engagement structure to your scope, timeline and risk preference. Most clients begin with a fixed-scope discovery and scale into longer-form delivery as the work proves itself.

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Engagement models

Five ways to work with us

Every engagement maps to a phase of our methodology. Pick the structure that matches your scope, timeline and appetite for risk.

Phase 1–2

Fixed-scope engagement

Scope and outcomes defined upfront. A focused engagement that surfaces your top inefficiencies and builds a prioritized backlog with quantified ROI.

6–8 weeksBest for first engagements
Phase 4

Time & materials

Delivery work where requirements evolve as systems integrate and unforeseen issues emerge. Scale the team up or down as needs change, billed monthly.

FlexibleBest for evolving delivery
Shared risk

Outcomes-based

A base fee plus an outcome bonus tied to first-year savings — our incentives aligned directly with measurable improvement in the KPIs we agree upfront.

Base + bonusBest for high-confidence cases
6–18 months

Embedded team

Zenotris engineers and consultants embedded with your operations team — doing the work alongside you and transferring capability as we go.

EmbeddedBest for large transformations
Phase 5

Sustain advisory

An ongoing monthly retainer covering process-intelligence health reports, quarterly business reviews with leadership, and on-call advisory — ongoing rigor without rebuilding the team.

Monthly retainerBest for locking in value after delivery
How to choose

Most engagements follow a natural progression

Fixed-scope discovery proves the opportunity, delivery executes it, and sustain advisory locks in the value. We’re happy to discuss the right starting point on a free scoping call.

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Discover

A fixed-scope engagement proves the opportunity and quantifies the ROI before you commit further.

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Deliver

Time & materials or an embedded team executes the prioritized backlog and integrates the changes.

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Sustain

A monthly advisory retainer keeps the gains, reviews the metrics, and compounds the improvement.

Not sure where to start? We’ll map the right entry point on a free scoping call.

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Investment

What actually drives the cost

A focused diagnostic runs 6–8 weeks and proves the opportunity before you commit further. A full mining-and-redesign engagement moves into time-and-materials, outcomes-based, or embedded delivery, priced by scope. What moves the number: how many processes you’re mapping, how clean your source-system data is, and how many systems need connecting.

Two processes on one clean ERP price differently from a multi-process map spanning five disconnected systems. Data readiness matters as much as scope: manual workarounds and inconsistent logging slow the diagnostic and add time before the mapping even starts.

Enterprise mining platforms carry licensing built for large IT budgets, plus the cost of a systems integrator or an in-house data team to run them. A scoped engagement, see the five models above, gets you the diagnosis and the fix without that ongoing license or headcount. Payback then tracks the cost of the problem you’re fixing: a high-cost bottleneck pays back faster than a lower-volume one, and sustain advisory keeps the fix holding after delivery ends. See the full breakdown in process mining ROI and cost.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How much does a process mining engagement cost?−
It scales with scope. A fixed-scope diagnostic (6–8 weeks) is priced to prove the opportunity; time-and-materials, outcomes-based, or embedded engagements cost more because they carry the redesign through to a running result. The five models above show how each is scoped.
What drives the price up or down?+
Three things: how many processes you want mapped, how ready your system data is, and how many source systems need connecting. A single process on one clean system prices well below a multi-process, multi-system map.
Is it cheaper than buying an enterprise platform?+
Usually, for a mid-market team. Enterprise platforms carry licensing built for large IT budgets, plus a systems integrator or in-house data team to run them. A scoped engagement delivers the diagnosis and the fix without that ongoing license or headcount. See how we compare in build vs. buy vs. hire.
What’s the typical payback period?+
It tracks the cost of the problem being fixed. Engagements addressing a high-cost bottleneck, like returns or missed SLAs, pay back faster than ones addressing a lower-volume process. Sustain advisory extends the fix so payback holds after delivery ends, in line with our five-phase approach.