Where Does AI Actually Fit in a 30-Person Manufacturing Shop?
Most AI advice targets enterprise. Here's what actually matters when you have 30 people, thin margins, and no data team.
Observations from inside real manufacturing operations. No hype. No theory.
Most AI advice targets enterprise. Here's what actually matters when you have 30 people, thin margins, and no data team.
The demo was impressive. The pilot went great. Then nobody used it. The pattern is predictable -- and avoidable.
It's not writing prompts. It's sitting in stage-gate meetings, mapping data flows, and building the connective tissue between systems.
When every day is reactive, visibility is the first casualty. The information exists -- it's just trapped in the wrong places.
BI tells you what happened. Operational intelligence tells you what's happening now, what's about to break, and what to do about it.