AGS Asset-Based Consulting (ABC) brings a virtual Chief AI Officer and Forward Deployed Engineers to your organisation. We work with AGS's own governance and process software, so the work is faster, more consistent, and you keep what we build.
Asset-based consulting delivers value through reusable assets — software, AI tools, data platforms and proven frameworks — rather than relying mainly on hours of expert time. At AGS those assets are our own platforms: APIP, the CAIO Agent, SCADA for AI, AGS Automation, AGS Conductor and the Delivery Hub.
What we aim for: more predictable costs, quicker delivery, consistent quality, and records you can keep using after we step back. People still make every consequential decision; AI-supported findings are always marked and reviewed.
| Traditional consulting | Asset-based consulting |
|---|---|
| Relies on people's time and billable hours | Relies on reusable software, tools and know-how |
| Custom work for each engagement | Standard, repeatable methods adapted to you |
| Slower, manual analysis | Faster delivery with automation and software |
| Knowledge leaves with the consultant | You keep the registers, maps and roadmaps |
Part-time, vendor-neutral AI leadership: strategy, priorities, risk and governance, without a full-time executive hire.
from £1,500/day
Includes UK VAT · half day £800
A senior engineer who works inside your systems, next to your people, until the agreed change runs in production.
from £1,200/day
Includes UK VAT · half day £650
Start with one stage or run them in order. Starting prices are based on the typical days shown, at our day rates. Your quote depends on the size of your organisation, number of processes and systems, and how quickly you need results.
How does the work really run today, and where is AI already in use?
from £6,600
Includes UK VAT · typically 2 vCAIO + 3 FDE days
AGS assets used: APIP process discovery · CAIO Agent AI inventory · Knowledge Portal evidence library
Ask about Current State Fact Finding →What should good look like, and who will be accountable for it?
from £6,900
Includes UK VAT · typically 3 vCAIO + 2 FDE days
AGS assets used: CAIO Agent risk tiers · Continuous Improvement Agent · HELIX guided workshops
Ask about Future State Vision →What stands between today and the vision, and what should be done first?
from £9,300
Includes UK VAT · typically 3 vCAIO + 4 FDE days
AGS assets used: APIP Risk Radar · SCADA for AI readiness check · Delivery Hub roadmap
Ask about Gap Analysis →Build it, connect it, hand it over — with controls in place from day one.
from £37,500
Includes UK VAT · typically 5 vCAIO + 25 FDE days
AGS assets used: AGS Automation · AGS Conductor · SCADA for AI · Delivery Hub
Ask about Transformation Project →Book fact finding, vision and gap analysis as one package and save 10%.
from £20,520
Short, flexible pieces of work or extra help alongside your own team.
A fixed scope and fixed price for one or more of the four stages.
Ongoing vCAIO leadership, with or without FDE delivery days, each month.
Monthly days at a lower rate than booking the same days one by one. Minimum 3 months.
from £2,750/month
Includes UK VAT · saves £250 a month
2 vCAIO days each month
Boards and owner-managers who need steady AI leadership, a roadmap and governance oversight.
Request a proposal →from £6,950/month
Includes UK VAT · saves £850 a month
2 vCAIO days + 4 FDE days each month
Teams moving their first AI use cases from pilot into production.
Request a proposal →from £15,950/month
Includes UK VAT · saves £2,050 a month
4 vCAIO days + 10 FDE days each month
Organisations running several AI changes at once and needing hands-on delivery.
Request a proposal →All prices are in pounds sterling and include UK VAT at 20%. Suggested starting prices; your quote may be higher or lower.
Share your goals and we'll come back within one working day with a suggested first stage and a price range.