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    Company

    Who we are

    Perception helps SMEs and mid-size companies bring order to their organization, then equip it with the right tools. We have worked in settings where mistakes are costly: defense, aerospace, pharma, public transport, datacenters. We kept one standard from that: a tool that really runs, on reliable data. We are based in Paris and work across France.

    Our method

    AI doesn't have an intelligence problem. Companies have a structure problem.

    Models get better every month. What is missing is a company that is easy to read: clear processes, clear responsibilities, reliable data. Plugging AI into a blurry organization just mass-produces noise.

    The order we work in

    1. 1

      The organization

      Who does what, who decides, where things get stuck.

    2. 2

      The processes

      Built around your real teams, not a theoretical model.

    3. 3

      The data

      A shared, reliable database where every piece of information keeps its source.

    4. 4

      The tools

      Delivered fast, on the activities that hurt the most.

    5. 5

      Automation

      Once everything else holds.

    Each step is delivered, used and improved before we move to the next.

    How we build the foundation

    A shared database

    We map your data sources, then rebuild a usable, shared database that your teams and your tools can both read.

    • Your different data sources: tools, files, email, APIs and existing databases.
    • Your business objects and how they depend on each other.
    • The critical data your processes need.
    business-structure.md
    # Business objects
    ## `Client`
    - `id`
    - `name`
    - `emails[]`
    - `projects[]`
    - `documents[]`
    ## `Condominium`
    - `id`
    - `name`
    - `address`
    - `surface`
    - `ownership_shares`
    - `projects[]`
    - `incidents[]`
    ## `Project`
    - `date`
    - `fte_count`
    - `clients[]`
    - `supplier`
    - `budget`
    ## `Incident`
    - `description`
    - `status`
    - `incident_type`
    - `project`
    - `events[]`

    Reliable data

    We match sources, detect conflicts and set the rules that make the whole thing reliable.

    • Sorting and matching of sources, each one identified.
    • Standardized fields, formats and reference lists, with no duplicates.
    • Traceable corrections, with a reliability indicator: high, medium or mixed.
    DataAutomations

    ERP

    CRM

    Email

    Files / DMS

    Accounting

    API / Connectors

    Tickets / Incidents

    Trusted data

    The complete system

    • A complete back office, built on this shared database.
    • Integrations with the software you already use.
    • Maintenance and updates on subscription.
    SalesThe unified repositoryYour toolsEmailexistingCRMexistingERPexistingCustomer requestautomatedQuoteapproved by your teamOrderautomatedPlanningapproved by your teamAccounting softwareexistingCustomersone single recordField workapproved by your teamOrdersfull historyInvoicingautomatedAccountingautomatedContractsrules and pricesInvoicestraced source✓ Requests sorted on arrival✓ Planning follows the order✓ Entries sent by API
    • Sales
    • Operations
    • Finance
    • Unified repository
    • Your existing tools
    • A file moving through
    • Solid block: automated · light block: approved by your team

    Our guarantees

    Calculations are never left to AI.

    Amounts, dates, rules: everything is calculated by code you can check.

    Nothing is ever written twice.

    An action that is rerun does not create a duplicate.

    A person approves every sensitive write.

    Every piece of data keeps its source.

    You know where information comes from and who changed it.

    Sectors

    Where we work

    Real estate

    Property management, rental management and asset management.

    Construction and architecture

    Project management, quotes, tracking of projects and their phases.

    Pharma

    Regulated environments where every piece of data must stay traceable.

    Supply chain

    Orders, inventory and flows between suppliers and customers.

    Transport

    Operations, scheduling and maintenance for field teams.

    Defense

    Strict security and confidentiality requirements.

    Public sector

    Procedures, approvals and traceable decisions.

    Why us

    Comparison between a consulting firm, an IT services firm, an AI agency and Perception
    CritèreConsultantsIT firmAI agencyPerception
    Analyzes the organizationRarelyOperational diagnostic
    Delivers toolsRecommendationsStandalone toolsFrom the diagnostic
    Builds the complete system
    First result—Months to yearsWeeks2 to 4 weeks
    AI reliability—Depends on the projectVariesGuaranteed

    A consulting firm analyzes. An IT firm builds. We do both.

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