Technology consulting, plain-spoken

Less time on the laptop.
More time on the land.

Streamlined Strategies is a consultancy helping farmers and small businesses cut the busywork — sharper spreadsheets, smarter templates, automated systems, and AI that actually pulls its weight.

$180/hr
Hourly consulting
2 days → 2 wks
Project sprints
Up to 20
Per info session
A farmer reviewing operational data on a rugged tablet in a wheat paddock at golden hour

Built for the paddock

Tools that work where you work.

Working with

Family farms·Agribusiness·Small business·Local government

WHAT WE DO

Practical work that moves the needle — not another dashboard you'll never open.

Spreadsheets that earn their keep

Custom workbooks for yields, livestock records, budgets and operations — clean, robust, and built so the numbers tell you something.

Templates & systems

Invoices, safety docs, contracts, onboarding packs. Done once. Properly. So you stop rebuilding them every quarter.

Automation & AI, used well

Email drafting, data entry, reporting, scheduling. We pick the tools that pay off and skip the shiny ones that don't.

Plain-English training

Short sessions for you and your team. No jargon, no patronising — just the bits that change how the week runs.

How it works

Three steps. No long retainers, no surprise invoices.

  1. 01

    Have a yarn

    A free, no-pressure conversation. You tell us where the friction is. We tell you straight if we can help.

  2. 02

    Analyse

    We get under the bonnet of your tools, spreadsheets and workflows — and find the wasted hours.

  3. 03

    Implement

    We fix it. Templates built, systems automated, training done. You keep what we build.

Who's behind it

Engineering brain. Paddock instinct.

Streamlined Strategies was founded to bring engineering-grade thinking to the farm gate and the back office. The business is led by a civil engineer who grew up on a broadacre farm in Brim, Victoria, studied at La Trobe Bendigo, and returned home to work as an engineer — managing 50+ staff and contractors, navigating strict OH&S regimes, and handling pricing and negotiations on serious budgets.

That's the same discipline — and a lifelong obsession with optimisation, spreadsheets and efficiency — that we now bring to the farming community and the small businesses that keep regional Australia running.

Broadacre roots
Grew up on a broadacre farm in Brim, Victoria — the wheatbelt, not a textbook.
B. Civil Engineering
La Trobe University, Bendigo. Engineering discipline applied to real-world operations.
50+ staff managed
Years leading crews and contractors as a practising engineer back home.
OH&S & procurement
Strict safety regimes, contractor pricing and negotiation — at scale.

Pricing

Fixed prices. No surprises.

Pick the shape that fits. Need something in between? Hourly consulting is $180/hr.

Group

Information session

$500flat

Short, focused session on streamlining tech & using AI well.

  • Up to 20 people or businesses
  • Tailored to your group
  • Q&A and practical takeaways
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Diagnose

2-day analysis

$2,780fixed

A sharp diagnostic with prioritised, written suggestions.

  • On-site or remote
  • Workflow & tool audit
  • Action plan you can run yourself
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SHAPE (MOST POPULAR)

1-week sprint

$4,950fixed

Analysis plus hands-on implementation of the quick wins.

  • Everything in the 2-day
  • Templates & automations built
  • Team handover & training
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Transform

2-week sprint

$9,250fixed

Deeper rebuild for businesses with more moving parts.

  • Full systems implementation
  • AI workflows wired in
  • 30-day check-in included
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Hourly consulting available at $180/hr for ad-hoc help.

Who it's for

Built first for farmers. Useful for anyone running a business with too much time behind the computer.

Farmers (we start here)

Yields, livestock, compliance, supplier admin, the spreadsheet pile that grows every season.

Small business

Owner-operators drowning in admin. We give you your evenings back.

Local government

Practical efficiency wins for council, lessening the burden of reporting requirements.

Let's have a yarn.

Tell us a bit about your operation and where the friction is. If we can help, we'll say so. If we can't, we'll point you to someone who can.