Our Services
We help businesses identify and realize opportunities to work smarter, leaner, and more profitably. Our services range from deep-dive assessments of your processes to targeted implementations of lean improvements and AI solutions. While we are AI enthusiasts, we never push technology for its own sake. We focus on delivering practical, tailored outcomes that fit your unique context—ensuring every initiative drives meaningful value across your business.
Strategy
NEXT STEP's Strategy offering consists of 2 steps:
(1) Discovery Assessment
(2) AI & Process Implementation Roadmap
Discovery Assessment
We audit your business to reveal hidden potentials to make your business more efficient, streamlined, and profitable.
Interviews:
We ask targeted questions to you and your team to understand your operations and uncover areas for improvement.
Process Mapping:
After the interview phase, we will translate the gathered information and map out each step in your core processes.
Recommended Implementation Plan:
We will recommend an actionable implementation plan with clear priorities and ROI.
After the assessment you will receive a comprehensive, structured, professional report, delivering clear, actionable recommendations for lean process enhancements and AI-driven solutions. You decide whether you want to move on - and with whom.
AI & Process Implementation Roadmap
Here we work closely with you to transform the recommended implementation plan into a mutually agreed AI & Process Roadmap. This serves as the foundation for successful implementation, aligning priorities, resources, timelines, and budgets.
Alignment Workshop:
We conduct collaborative sessions with your key team members to align on objectives, prioritize initiatives, and ensure buy-in across the organization.
Detailed Roadmap:
We co-develop a comprehensive roadmap, defining what will be done, by whom, by when, and with what budget, clearly linked to your business goals and expected ROI.
Sign-Off & Next Steps:
We facilitate a formal agreement on the plan, ensuring all parties are aligned and ready to move into implementation with confidence and clarity.
Development
From consulting to implementation:
We go beyond mere consulting; we actually implement the solutions we recommend. This integrated approach ensures that every AI initiative we propose is practical, scalable, and within our proven capabilities, giving you confidence that your investment will deliver real results.
A variety of applications:
Whether it’s automating complex workflows, deploying intelligent chatbots and call agents, or enabling AI-driven research, data analysis, and virtual personal assistant services, we transform your AI vision into a functional reality. By bridging the gap between strategy and execution, we help you harness AI to drive meaningful, measurable impact across your operations.
Some examples of AI automations we develop:
AI CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT
A customer service agent that chats and speaks with your customers via Email, WhatsApp, website chat, and telephone. Works 24/7, doesn't take any breaks, doesn't need vacation, doesn't need onboarding, and never complains.
AI SALES AGENT
A sales agent that calls your leads and schedules appointments. Knowing how important it is to follow up with leads within minutes, this AI agent is a true blessing.
HR Interview Agent
This agent looks at the CV's of your applicants, determines whether they are a good fit for the position you are looking to fill, interviews the candidates, and creates a summary analysis and a recommendation for you.
PERSONAL ASSISTANT
A personal assistant that you can talk to or chat with. The agent sends emails or WhatsApp messages, schedules appointments, manages your To Do list, and many more.
AI AGENT FOR PROCESS AUTOMATION
In many cases AI offers great opportunities to automate various processes of your business. This can virtually be anything, whether it's research, retrieving data from a database and creating a cockpit, or many other applications.
Education
Employee involvement is key:
The success of any AI and lean transformation depends not just on smart technology, but on your people. To truly become a lean, AI-driven organization, your workforce needs to understand what is changing, why it matters, and how to actively contribute.
Build a sustainable lean AI culture and mindset:
Any transformation will only be sustainable and form a real foundation for self-driven growth if employees are involved and part of the journey from day one. It's about creating a culture where innovation thrives and your team understands that this transformation is about securing - not replacing - their jobs.
Our Formula for Your Success
Successful businesses that sustain long-term growth share three key characteristics:
1 | Excellent products / services
2 | Excellent processes
3 | Excellent leadership
Our focus is on helping you optimize the second factor: achieving excellence in processes.
EXCELLENT
PROCESSES
AI
EXCELLENT
PERFORMANCE
Every day, hidden inefficiencies and outdated workflows could be silently draining your profits. While competitors tighten operations with lean, AI-powered processes, are you maximizing every dollar and decision? NEXT STEP AI helps you strip away waste, automate intelligently, and uncover potentials you didn’t know existed –delivering tangible ROI that transforms your bottom line. Stop settling for “good enough.” Let your business run leaner, smarter, and unmistakably ahead.
Your Business,
Optimized as a Whole
At NEXT STEP AI, we go far beyond simply implementing AI or automation. We take a holistic view of your entire business—its strategy, organization, and overall effectiveness—ensuring that every recommendation fits your broader goals. We don’t believe in using AI just for the sake of technology. Instead, we first evaluate whether your processes are truly lean, efficient, and effective. Only then do we identify and deploy the tools, whether digital or otherwise, that will genuinely add value. It’s a comprehensive, big-picture approach focused on strengthening your whole business, not just optimizing one isolated process.
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About Us
NEXT STEP AI is an AI & lean process service provider, specializing in guiding organizations through comprehensive adoption of AI and lean methodologies. We handle strategy, implementation, education, and ongoing management as an integrated offering.
In a nutshell, we help small and medium sized businesses improve their bottom line. We specialize in empowering businesses with custom AI & lean solutions and optimizing their processes for maximum efficiency and productivity.
About the Founder:
Frank Anisits is a globally experienced C-level executive with over 20 years of leadership across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. He has a proven track record in scaling multinational operations, executing complex turnarounds, and driving strategic and operational excellence, with a strong penchant for lean management and process optimization. Frank has extensive experience in managing global P&Ls, leading M&A initiatives, and establishing new business units and manufacturing operations in emerging markets. He served as Co-CEO and COO of a $1.5 billion international group in the automotive industry, with direct responsibility for multi-plant operations and global growth strategies. He combines strategic vision with hands-on execution and cross-cultural agility to deliver sustainable value in dynamic and competitive environments.
Frank Anisits, Founder
Background:
25 years automotive industry
12 years C-Level management ($1.5 billion sales)
Languages:
German, English, French, Hungarian
Countries lived/worked:
Germany, Austria, USA, UAE (Dubai), Hungary, France
Skills:
AI, lean management, M&A, strategy management
FAQ
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Let's connect
Reach out to us to explore how our lean AI consulting services can drive transformational growth for your business. We are eager to collaborate and elevate your AI strategy and processes.
info@next-step-ai.com
+971 588 606 706
+49 151 41323277