AI-Enabled Operations
I'm a 20-year manufacturing operator, not an AI agency. I map how work actually moves through your company, put a number on the friction, and build the systems that pay.
30 minutes. I'll show you working AI systems I've built, running live.
The Problem
If three of these are true, there is measurable money on the floor.
Quotes and RFQs sit in an inbox for days before anyone touches them.
You find out an order is late when the customer calls to tell you.
Three systems that don't talk, bridged by a spreadsheet one person maintains.
Monday's production meeting takes six people two hours to prepare for.
One person knows how the process really works, and they're near retirement.
Month-end reporting is rebuilt by hand, every month, by someone you pay well.
How It Works
The same 90-day operating rhythm I've used inside manufacturers for two decades, with AI as the delivery mechanism.
Understand first, build second. Days 1–14.
Prove it on one workflow. Days 15–45.
Built to last past week three. Days 46–90 and beyond.
Typical First Builds
Customer requests arrive in twelve formats. Extracted, structured, and routed with a draft already started.
Open orders watched against promise dates. You find the problem before your customer does.
Repeat failures detected, reviews prepped, every commitment tracked to its due date.
ERP, quality, and scheduling pulled into one morning briefing with exceptions called out.
Before You Commit
Salaried office and operations staff only — the people whose day disappears into copying, chasing, and rebuilding reports.
Directional, based on 2,080 hours per person per year. The point isn't the exact number — it's that this figure is never zero, and it has never appeared on your P&L as a line item.
About
Fractional Operating Partner
Seventeen years at John Deere across final assembly, strategic sourcing, cost management, and global supplier development. I've been the person accountable when a line stops and when a supplier fails.
I've also built the systems side — designing a production-readiness standard now used at over a thousand supplier sites, and training auditors worldwide to run it.
Most people selling AI automation have never owned a cost line or explained to a plant manager why the new system broke their shift. That's the difference you're buying.
Recent engagement: a $60M manufacturer with chronic fulfillment constraints. 15 days out of lead time, 25% more production flexibility. No AI involved — which is rather the point.
Next Step
I'll tell you which one is worth fixing first.
You describe the three workflows costing you the most time or the most customers.
I show you working AI systems I've built, so you can see what this looks like in practice.
I tell you whether an assessment is worth it here — and if it isn't, I'll say so.
Deployment ready in 72 hours · 100% remote