Calmer mornings for a restaurant GM
The problem
The general manager didn't need to understand a data pipeline. He needed to know how busy the week was going to be, early enough to staff it and plan around it. The signals already existed, scattered across the systems the restaurant ran on every day and a couple of outside sources.
The build
A foot-traffic forecast that pulls from the tools the restaurant already used (Toast and OpenTable), alongside a weather feed and a hotel-occupancy tracker. The output was shaped around the GM's existing planning routine, not a new dashboard he'd have to learn.
The outcome
The GM plans events and staffing ahead of demand instead of reacting to it on the day. AI-shaped on the inside, outcome-shaped on the outside.