PHAi-Powered Cost Control For Higher Profitability
Published 6/2026
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English | Duration: 1h 59m | Size: 1.16 GB
AI cost control for EBITDA margins: audit SaaS sprawl, automate three-way matching, and deploy rolling forecasting.
What you'll learn
Deploy the O.P.E.R.A. change model to bypass algorithm aversion and turn employee resistance into active performance alignment
Audit SaaS & cloud spend to reclaim orphaned licenses, consolidate duplicate platforms, and block shadow IT using identity data.
Setup automated three-way matching using OCR to stop duplicate vendor billing, pricing drift, and capture early payment discounts.
Transition financial planning from static annual budgets to predictive rolling forecasts using machine learning cost drivers.
Build an EBITDA Recovery Blueprint to surgically reclaim 1.5% to 3.0% of operational spend with zero quality compromise.
Requirements
Basic Business Foundations: Familiarity with standard corporate operations, department budgets, or basic financial concepts (like EBITDA and operating margins).
No Coding Required: Zero coding or machine learning experience is necessary. All API query structures, database commands, and Python code blocks are provided as ready-to-use executive templates.
Access to Basic Spreadsheets: A working knowledge of standard business tools like Excel or Google Sheets.
Description
Welcome to the first course in the Operational AI Series:AI-Powered Cost Control for Higher Profitability.
In today's volatile economic environment, business leaders face constant margin pressures. Traditional cost-cutting strategies rely on the "Blunt Axe"-flat budget cuts, hiring freezes, and blanket software bans that disrupt daily workflows, damage employee morale, and lead to customer churn. This course introduces you toAlgorithmic Margin Defense, a surgical, data-driven approach that eliminates transaction leakage, contract variance, and software waste without reducing operational capability.
Led by Kamel Elmangalifi, a veteran operations executive with over 25 years of experience leading multi-site operations and large teams across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, this course provides you with executive-ready playbooks, code blocks, and templates.
Key areas covered in this course
-SaaS & Cloud FinOps Audits: Reclaim idle software licenses, block shadow IT expenses, and identify redundancies.
-Automated Procurement Gates: Establish OCR-based three-way matching loops to catch billing errors and price drift.
-Dynamic Budgeting: Replace static annual planning with predictive rolling monthly forecasts using time-series models.
-The O.P.E.R.A. Change Playbook: Upskill frontline data-entry clerks into strategic exceptions validators, bypassing algorithm aversion.
By completing the hands-on Capstone Project, you will build an executive-ready EBITDA Recovery Blueprint to surgically recover 1.5% to 3.0% of operational spend. Whether you are a COO, CFO, department head, or founder, this course equips you to lead modern, autonomous operations.
Who this course is for
Operations Executives & Directors (COOs, VPs of Operations, Branch Managers): Leaders who want to scale backend efficiency and build automated, autonomous operational workflows.
Finance Leaders (CFOs, Financial Controllers, Treasury Managers): Professionals looking to defend margins surgically without destroying operational capabilities, morale, or service SLAs.
Business Founders & Owners: Entrepreneurs who want to leverage automation telemetry to scale their businesses with minimal administrative overhead.
Change Management & Digital Transformation Consultants: Professionals tasked with deploying AI technology in organizations while managing employee adoption, reskilling pipelines, and trust.