Answers to everyday questions are spread across wikis, email, file shares and systems. Bastion finds them within each person’s access rights and shows the source of every sentence.
Fill in the supplier record in ERP.4Security checks the supplier within five working days.5Contracts above the threshold need the CFO’s approval.3Once approved, the supplier becomes active in ERP.2
The 2024 regulation still names the old threshold. Its owner has been notified.
Reference answer, nothing is written to systems
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How it works in practice
A question from a new colleague
A new buyer asks how the company approves a new supplier. Until now the answer lived in several places at once: an old regulation, a wiki page, a few emails and the habits of colleagues.
Approval: Not needed, nothing is written to systems
New buyer: “How do we approve a new supplier?”
Search that respects access
Bastion searches the wiki, regulations, email and supplier records in ERP, only where this person has access. One document, a board decision, stays closed to them and never reaches the answer.
Approval: Not needed, nothing is written to systems
5 sources found, 1 closed by access rights
An answer with sources
The answer comes as four short steps. Each sentence carries the number of its source, so the buyer can open the original document and check it for themselves.
Approval: Not needed, nothing is written to systems
Four steps, each linked to its source
Outdated rules get flagged
Bastion notices that the procurement regulation contradicts a later email from the CFO. It says so in the answer and lets the owner of the regulation know, so the next person gets a cleaner answer.
Approval: Not needed, nothing is written to systems
The regulation owner is notified about the conflict
More ways the team uses it
Policies and procedures
Ask: How many days of annual leave can I carry over?
You get: The rule from the HR policy with a link to the section.
Writing and preparing
Ask: Draft a memo to the branches about the new travel rules.
You get: A draft in your usual style, based on the current policy.
Onboarding
Ask: What should I read in my first week as a buyer?
You get: A short reading list from your own documents, in a sensible order.
Works with
Corporate wiki and intranet
Email and calendars
File shares and document management
ERP and CRM records
Policies and regulations
Bastion works with the laws and industry requirements of any jurisdiction. Your rules become sources it checks against.
Where we start
We start with one department’s documents and the questions new employees ask most often.
What we measure
Share of questions answered without asking colleagues
Time per task
Share of results with no edits
Number of runs
Pilot
Start with one process
A pilot takes three to four weeks. We choose one process with your team, connect one system and measure the result on real tasks.
01Choose one process
02Connect one system
03Work on real tasks
04Measure and decide
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