Introduction
A lead-processing workflow illustrates model allocation across a business process.
Scraping and Extraction
A low-cost model scans a large number of websites and searches for patterns resembling email addresses or other contact information. The work is high volume and structurally simple.
Enrichment
A stronger model analyzes the business, role, or context associated with the lead. This requires more interpretation.
Outreach Generation
A mid-tier model produces personalized outreach using a template and the enriched information.
Quality Review
A higher-capability model checks a sample or the final outputs for abnormal content, missing information, or obvious mistakes.
The pipeline spends more on the steps where judgment matters and less on the steps dominated by volume.
The cost comparison shows that a mixed-model pipeline can operate at a fraction of the cost of using the strongest model for every stage, while accepting only a limited quality reduction on the simpler work.