IT Support Providers lose 37+ hours a month to work that should run itself

FullSpec helps you identify the repetitive work slowing your business down, calculate what it is costing, and create a clear plan to automate it.

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What manual work is costing IT Support Providers every month

IT Support Providers lose an average of 37 hours a month to repetitive manual work. Across 314 discovery sessions mapped by IT Support Providers businesses, FullSpec has identified over 16,656 manual hours and $489k in recoverable costs through automation across operations, sales, finance, and customer support.

All data is based on anonymized FullSpec mapping sessions and proprietary industry research. Learn more
314
Discovery sessions mapped by IT Support Providers businesses
All data is based on anonymized FullSpec mapping sessions and proprietary industry research. Learn more
16,656 hrs
Manual hours identified
All data is based on anonymized FullSpec mapping sessions and proprietary industry research. Learn more
$489k
Cost identified from manual

Where the hours go

Monthly time spent on manual work, broken down by department

Operations
31%
IT
31%
Customer Support
19%
Finance
7%
Management
6%
Other
6%
DisclaimerAll data is based on anonymized FullSpec mapping sessions and proprietary industry research. Learn more

The best IT Support Providers processes to automate first

Start with repeatable work that consumes time every week and can be automated without replacing the systems you already use.

Security & Compliance

IT

Security Incident Response & Escalation

Running a consistent response when a client security incident is detected.

536 hrsIdentified
8Mapped
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IT

Vulnerability Scan Review & Remediation

Reviewing scan output and tracking remediation to closure per client.

84 hrsIdentified
7Mapped
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IT

Phishing Report Triage

Triaging user-reported suspicious emails and acting on genuine threats fast.

336 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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Legal

Client Compliance Evidence Collection

Gathering the technical evidence clients need for their own audits.

180 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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IT

Access Review & Policy Enforcement Checks

Reviewing who has access to what and confirming MFA and password policy compliance.

132 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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HR

Security Awareness Training Tracking

Tracking which client users have completed required security training.

160 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Service Desk

Customer Support

Support Ticket Triage & Routing

Every incoming ticket gets the right priority, category, and assignee without a human reading the queue first.

1.4k hrsIdentified
27Mapped
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Customer Support

SLA Monitoring & Breach Alerting

Keeps every open ticket under active SLA surveillance so nothing breaches quietly while your team is heads-down on other work.

760 hrsIdentified
19Mapped
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Customer Support

Ticket Escalation & Handover

Escalating tickets between tiers without losing context in the handover.

315 hrsIdentified
7Mapped
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IT

Recurring Issue & Problem Management

Spotting tickets that keep recurring and fixing the underlying cause.

918 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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Operations

After-Hours & On-Call Rotation

Managing the on-call roster and routing out-of-hours incidents to whoever is on.

408 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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Customer Support

Post-Ticket Satisfaction Surveys

Collecting and acting on satisfaction feedback after ticket resolution.

225 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Client Onboarding & Offboarding

IT

User Provisioning & Access Requests

New hires get the right access on day one, and leavers are locked out before they walk out the door.

280 hrsIdentified
14Mapped
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Operations

Client & Device Onboarding

New clients and their devices get into your systems, ticketing platform, and monitoring stack from day one, without the back-and-forth.

221 hrsIdentified
13Mapped
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HR

User Offboarding & Access Revocation

Revoking every access point when a client employee leaves, on the day they leave.

238 hrsIdentified
7Mapped
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Operations

New Client Environment Documentation

Building the network, credential, and system documentation for a new client.

273 hrsIdentified
7Mapped
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Operations

Client Offboarding & Data Handover

Handing over documentation and data cleanly when a client leaves.

220 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Monitoring & Maintenance

IT

Patch Management & Update Rollout

Testing and rolling out patches across client fleets on a predictable cycle.

860 hrsIdentified
10Mapped
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IT

Backup Monitoring & Failure Alerts

Checking backup success across every client and acting on failures same day.

657 hrsIdentified
9Mapped
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IT

Endpoint Monitoring & Alert Triage

Filtering monitoring alerts down to the ones that actually need a human.

333 hrsIdentified
9Mapped
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Operations

Scheduled Maintenance Window Coordination

Scheduling, notifying, and confirming maintenance windows with each client.

144 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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IT

Disaster Recovery Testing

Running and documenting DR restore tests on a scheduled basis per client.

70 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Asset & Licence Management

Operations

Asset & Device Inventory Tracking

Automated asset tracking gives IT support teams an accurate, real-time picture of every device and licence without manual spreadsheet chasing.

2.5k hrsIdentified
12Mapped
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IT

Software Licence & Subscription Renewal

Tracking client licence counts and renewal dates across many vendors.

42 hrsIdentified
7Mapped
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Operations

Hardware Procurement & Deployment

Quoting, ordering, configuring, and deploying hardware for clients.

210 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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Operations

Warranty & Hardware Lifecycle Tracking

Tracking warranty expiry and end-of-life hardware before it fails in production.

130 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Billing & Contracts

Finance

Recurring Contract Billing

Keep contract revenue flowing without manual invoice runs every billing cycle.

672 hrsIdentified
16Mapped
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Finance

Project & Ad Hoc Work Billing

Capturing and billing out-of-contract project work that would otherwise be absorbed.

256 hrsIdentified
8Mapped
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Finance

Receivables & Invoice Chasing

Chasing overdue invoices without the account manager having to make the call.

248 hrsIdentified
8Mapped
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Sales

Contract Renewal & Uplift Tracking

Flagging contract renewals early enough to review pricing and seat counts.

305 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Client Reporting & Account Management

Customer Support

Client Reporting & Updates

Keep every client informed with automated, branded reports built from live ticket and system data.

242 hrsIdentified
11Mapped
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Operations

Quarterly Business Review Prep

Assembling ticket trends, spend, and recommendations for the client QBR.

175 hrsIdentified
7Mapped
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Management

Technology Roadmap & Budget Planning

Building forward-looking upgrade and budget plans per client.

990 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Customer Support

Client Health & Churn Risk Monitoring

Spotting the ticket and engagement patterns that precede a cancellation.

140 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Internal Operations

IT

Knowledge Base & Runbook Upkeep

Outdated documentation costs engineers hours every week. This process keeps runbooks and KB articles current automatically.

930 hrsIdentified
10Mapped
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Operations

Technician Scheduling & Dispatch

Assigning technicians to onsite visits and scheduled work across clients.

648 hrsIdentified
6Mapped
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Operations

Vendor & Supplier Escalation Management

Chasing vendor support cases on behalf of clients through to resolution.

255 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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HR

Technician Certification Tracking

Tracking vendor certifications the business needs to maintain partner status.

115 hrsIdentified
5Mapped
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Automate your work across the apps you already use

FullSpec maps how your existing systems can work together and gives you a clear plan to automate the work between them.

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The most popular automations for IT Support Providers

See which processes IT Support Providers automate most often, ranked by complexity, time saved, and estimated value.

Medium
1.4k hrs
time identified
$26.7k
cost saved
Medium
760 hrs
time identified
$19.8k
cost saved
Medium
672 hrs
time identified
$17.5k
cost saved
Medium
280 hrs
time identified
$7.3k
cost saved
Medium
221 hrs
time identified
$4.6k
cost saved
Medium
2.5k hrs
time identified
$82.7k
cost saved
Medium
242 hrs
time identified
$5.4k
cost saved
Medium
930 hrs
time identified
$24.2k
cost saved

Common questions

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