15/06/2026
The difference between a business that benefits from AI and one that gets burned is:
Knowing exactly where to hand over the wheel and where to keep both hands on it.
AI is a brilliant assistant, but not a very good accountant.
Most of us have turned on the AI features in Xero or MYOB and moved on. And for a lot of tasks, that's exactly right.
But there's a specific category of decisions in a product business where AI consistently gets it wrong. Not because it's broken. Because it wasn't built for judgment calls.
Inventory write-offs. Landed cost splits. Mixed-supply GST.
COGS coding on new SKUs.
These are not data entry tasks. They're accounting decisions.
And when those decisions are wrong, the impact goes far beyond a bookkeeping error. Margins become unreliable, inventory values become distorted, and compliance risks start to build.
Deloitte's research puts 80% of manufacturers increasing smart tech investment this year. The ones getting ROI from it aren't automating everything. They're identifying where automation adds value and where human oversight remains essential.
If you're not 100% sure which parts of your books AI is currently deciding on your behalf, that's worth a conversation. We do a free 30-minute advisory call with AU manufacturers and distributors specifically to map this out.
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