pladis Measured Copilot Hours — 580 Saved in a Month, Plus an 800-Hour Safety Agent
McVitie’s / GODIVA / Ülker parent: 48 engaged users ~12+ hrs/mo each via ‘Steal Back 10 Hours’; Carlisle Copilot Studio safety agent ~800 hrs/year. Tracker-backed CPG numbers.
pladis Global (McVitie’s, GODIVA, Ülker; ~16,000 employees, 110+ markets) ran Microsoft’s ‘Steal Back 10 Hours’ enablement with Mindworks — and published tracker-backed hours, not vibes.
What the numbers say
- Of 70 trained, 48 who finished masterclasses + tracker saved 580 hours/month (~12+ hours each vs a 10-hour target; some up to 20)
- Carlisle HSE Copilot Studio safety agent: ~800 hours/year
- Work covered: drafting, summarizing, reporting, and routine admin across HR, finance, procurement, marketing, R&D, ops
Operator takeaway
Enablement without a task map is seat-warming. pladis paired Copilot with a hours tracker and a specific safety-agent workflow — that’s leave/augment/automate in CPG clothing: automate the checklist grind, leave consequential HSE judgment with people, measure the hours stolen back. BuildBrain line: a business is a bundle of tasks — map them, cut waste, then decide where AI goes.
Want a ranked task map of your own admin/reporting bundle before you buy more Copilot seats? Start with a free Ada conversation — not a paid audit as the first ask.
Caveat: this is a Microsoft customer story. Engaged-user cohorts self-select; “hours saved” depend on tracker discipline. Use it as a measurement pattern, not a guaranteed ROI spreadsheet.
Sources: Microsoft customer story — pladis Global Microsoft 365 Copilot.
