Skip to main content
Case studies

Automation case study

Manual federal contractor reporting reduced from 50 hours a month to under 5.

Sharp Solutions needed monthly status reports, vendor invoice approvals, and performance reviews to stop depending on manual compilation. Wizard of Sheets connected three Smartsheet automations into one operating rhythm.

Primary outcome50 hours a month reduced to under 5
Automation rhythm
monthly effort reduced50h to under 5h
01Status reports

Monthly updates move through an owned reporting path

02Vendor invoices

Approvals route with status visibility and reminders

03Performance reviews

Review tracking keeps follow-up work from disappearing

04Operating trail

Missed handoffs and deadlines become visible

80%manual effort reduction
3connected workflows
5hnew monthly reporting effort

The challenge

The team was spending time every month compiling status updates, chasing approvals, and checking whether key reporting steps had happened. The work was important, but the workflow depended on people remembering every handoff.

The solution

Wizard of Sheets designed connected Smartsheet automations for monthly status reporting, vendor invoice approvals, and performance review tracking. Each workflow now has owners, reminders, status visibility, and a cleaner path from intake to completion.

The outcome

  • Reduced manual reporting and workflow effort by roughly 80%.
  • Moved recurring status and approval work into connected Smartsheet automations.
  • Created a clearer operating trail for missed deadlines, approvals, and performance review status.

"I will say reduced around 80% of the effort that we used to put in elsewhere when we were doing manually."

Abdi Hassan, Senior Developer, Sharp Solutions Inc.
Talk through your Smartsheet system
Book a Free Call