About this site

Better operations begin with understanding the work. Observe. Measure. Analyze. Improve. AI helps you do more with your limited bandwidth.

If you work in operations, you already know there is always more that needs to be done. More to investigate. Things to improve. Problems to solve. Metrics to measure. Findings to explain. And so much more to learn than there are hours in your day.

The Daily Constraint is here to help you accomplish more with your limited bandwidth.

Here, you will learn practical ways to use AI in operations management and process improvement. Not because AI is the story but because it is an incredibly powerful tool for getting the job done. You'll learn ways to use AI to do all the following and more.

  • Identify bottlenecks.
  • Analyze problems.
  • Improve processes.
  • Work with operational data.
  • Communicate ideas.

Ultimately, you'll learn new ways to use AI to better understand the systems you manage. You'll also find practical discussions of Lean, continuous improvement, Gemba, Six Sigma, root-cause analysis, constraints, standard work, and other methods that help you understand what's really happening within your operation.

The goal isn't to transform you into an AI expert. The goal is to help you become even better at the things you already do well and expand what you're capable of doing in the time you have.