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Overview
AEG Vision has worked with Lessen since 2021 to manage repairs and maintenance across its growing network of optical practices. In that time, AEG Vision has grown from 180 practices to a network expected to reach 600 by the end of January — nearly 20% annual growth in most years. As that network scaled, AEG Vision needed a way to manage maintenance that could scale with it.
The Challenge
Before partnering with Lessen, AEG Vision tracked repairs and maintenance on a spreadsheet. Vendors largely set the terms of the work themselves, and AEG Vision's team paid what vendors told them was owed, with little visibility into the process in between. That approach left AEG Vision with limited control over cost or quality — and it was not a system built to support a practice network on track to more than triple in size.
The Solution
Lessen gave AEG Vision a single system to manage repairs and maintenance from request to invoice — replacing the spreadsheet and giving AEG Vision's team visibility into every work order as it moves through the process. Lessen's team worked directly with AEG Vision's IT team to connect that system to AEG Vision's own internal portal, so submitting a work order is now a single click for practice managers rather than a separate, manual process. AEG Vision now describes the relationship less like a vendor engagement and more like a shared team, one that understands AEG Vision's budget and priorities as its own.
- 5-year partnership with Lessen, since 2021
- Grown from 180 to an expected 600 practices by the end of January — nearly 20% annual growth in most years
- Replaced manual, spreadsheet-based tracking with one system for work orders, from request through invoice
- Direct integration with AEG Vision's own internal portal, built with AEG Vision's IT team
Looking Ahead: Planning Proactively with Aiden
As AEG Vision's practice count continues to climb, the next priority is shifting from reactive repairs to proactive planning. AEG Vision sees Aiden, the intelligence built into the Lessen platform, as a way to help practice managers capture clearer photos and a fuller scope of work at the point of a site visit — giving AEG Vision the information it needs to plan handyman work, updates, and capital projects across the portfolio ahead of time, rather than responding practice by practice.
I really appreciate Lessen. I appreciate the direction and the strategic thinking that you guys are doing, looking at the future, getting us ready. I'm really excited. I think the next couple of years are going to be game changers for us— Rhonda Strahm, AEG Vision
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