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Case studyBusiness automation

Inka
Arthouse.

An automated print-prep workflow across three countries that helped the business grow to roughly 4–5× its previous revenue.

ClientAustralia · UK · US IndustryE-commerce wall art Timeline1 month, ongoing support Investment$3,000 inkaarthouse.com ↗

A simplified view of the system, running.

The wins.

4–5×
revenue growth, supported without the same jump in manual work
Prep was the bottleneck
3
production sites on one workflow
Australia, UK and US
Auto
artwork checks, print folders and packing slips
Was done by hand for every batch
The problem

Where they were stuck.

Inka sells wall art and prints in Australia, the UK and the US. Every batch meant checking orders, finding the right artwork, confirming sizes and quantities, sorting files and making packing slips by hand. As orders grew, this became the bottleneck, with more risk of missing artwork, duplicate prints and packing mistakes.

What we built.

01
Process review
Mapped how each production team prepared orders for print.
02
Batch automation
Connected Shopify, Make, Dropbox, Google Sheets and Slack. The team submits a batch; the system checks orders, finds the artwork and validates files and quantities.
03
Smart sorting
Files land in production folders by print size and roll. Handles multi-picture sets, multiple copies, framed and unframed, and separates items that need manual sizing.
04
Packing slips and alerts
Packing-slip PDFs are generated automatically, and Slack tells the team when images and slips are ready.
05
Safety nets
Duplicate protection, SKU exclusions for in-stock items, warnings for changed or removed items and mismatched files, plus recovery checks to resume interrupted work.
06
Rolled out in three countries
Live across all three production locations.

Before & after.

Before
✕Orders checked one by one
✕Artwork found and sorted by hand
✕Packing slips made manually
✕Risk of duplicates and missed files
✕Prep time grew with every order
After
✓Batches checked and sorted automatically
✓Folders ready by print size and roll
✓Packing slips and Slack alerts generated
✓Duplicates and mismatches caught early
✓Volume grows without the same manual work
The value

The team now spends its time producing and shipping orders, not preparing them.

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