Why IT Blocks AI Projects (And How to Address Their Concerns)
It is not the enemy of AI. It is the gatekeeper
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
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Most machine knowledge exists. It’s just unreachable.
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Every shop has a “Bob”
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The Hidden Financial Risk of Relying on One Veteran Operator
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Project plans fail where visibility ends.
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The Cost of Planning Blind Spots in Project-Based Operations
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Why Changeovers Are Misunderstood, and Often Misdiagnosed
Changeovers get blamed for problems they didn’t create.
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High-mix reality breaks low-variability assumptions.
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The True Reason Schedulers Spend Half Their Week Updating Excel
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Why “Static Schedules” Collapse Within Days in Modern Plants
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Why IT Blocks AI Projects (And How to Address Their Concerns)
It is not the enemy of AI. It is the gatekeeper
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George Munguia
How to Evaluate AI Vendors Who All Sound the Same
When every pitch uses the same words, clarity disappears.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Plants Need an AI Operating Partner, Not Another Tool
Tools add capability, partners change outcomes.
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AI fails without governance, even when the technology works.
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How to Build AI Literacy for Plant Managers and Supervisors
AI literacy is not technical fluency.
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Offsites generate alignment, not momentum.
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AI strategy is about endurance, not acceleration.
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George Munguia
The Real Barriers to AI Adoption: IT, Risk, and Uncertainty
AI adoption fails Long before the model.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Manufacturing Leaders Fear AI, and What They Actually Need
The fear is not irrational.
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George Munguia
Why Profitability by Customer Is So Hard to Measure
Revenue is easy to attribute. Profit is not.
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George Munguia
What Finance Teams Need From Operations (But Never Get in Time)
Finance and operations are solving the same problem from different angles.
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George Munguia
How Data Latency Creates Poor Pricing and Capex Decisions
Decisions are made in the present, data often isn’t.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Critical Questions Shouldn’t Require a BI Sprint
If the question is urgent, the answer can’t take weeks
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How to Replace Monthly Reporting Sprints With Live Dashboards
Monthly reporting exists because insight arrives too late
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why BI Alone Can’t Solve Manufacturing’s Reporting Problems
More dashboards didn’t deliver faster answers.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How Scrap, Rework, and Variability Hide Inside Your Financials
Financials show the result, not the cause.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Most Plants Can’t Calculate True COGS by Product
COGS looks precise, until you try to use it.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
The Economics of Bad Data: How Visibility Gaps Erode Margin
Bad data rarely looks expensive, until you add it up.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Leaders Wait Weeks for Reports That Should Be Instant
The delay is not in reporting, it’s in interpretation.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How to Make Every Shift Smarter Using Tribal Knowledge Capture
Every shift relearns what the last shift already knew.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
What Happens When Your Best Troubleshooter Retires
The day nothing breaks, and everything slows down.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How Language Barriers Increase Scrap and Downtime
Language gaps create operational risk, not just communication friction.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Maintenance Teams Lose Tribal Knowledge Faster Than Anyone Notices
Tribal knowledge disappears quietly until it’s gone.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How AI Helps Plants Create Live, Searchable Machine Know-How
Most machine knowledge exists. It’s just unreachable.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Training Materials Are Always Outdated (and How to Fix It)
Training materials age faster than the work they describe.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
The Real Reason New Hires Take Months to Ramp
Ramp time is not a training problem.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why IT Blocks AI Projects (And How to Address Their Concerns)
It is not the enemy of AI. It is the gatekeeper
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How to Evaluate AI Vendors Who All Sound the Same
When every pitch uses the same words, clarity disappears.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Plants Need an AI Operating Partner, Not Another Tool
Tools add capability, partners change outcomes.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
The Governance Principles Every AI-Enabled Plant Needs
AI fails without governance, even when the technology works.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How to Build AI Literacy for Plant Managers and Supervisors
AI literacy is not technical fluency.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Leadership Offsites Produce AI Talk but No Execution
Offsites generate alignment, not momentum.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
What an Effective Multi-Year AI Strategy Looks Like for Industrial Companies
AI strategy is about endurance, not acceleration.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
The Real Barriers to AI Adoption: IT, Risk, and Uncertainty
AI adoption fails Long before the model.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Manufacturing Leaders Fear AI, and What They Actually Need
The fear is not irrational.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Profitability by Customer Is So Hard to Measure
Revenue is easy to attribute. Profit is not.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
What Finance Teams Need From Operations (But Never Get in Time)
Finance and operations are solving the same problem from different angles.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
How Data Latency Creates Poor Pricing and Capex Decisions
Decisions are made in the present, data often isn’t.
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia
Why Critical Questions Shouldn’t Require a BI Sprint
If the question is urgent, the answer can’t take weeks
Dec 19, 2025
George Munguia