Inventory Lineage Platform
Turned messy inventory spreadsheets into a Django and Postgres platform with raw staging, lineage tracking, Woo imports, and admin-first CRUD.
OCData Insights / Operations, Systems, and Delivery
This is the OCData article archive: practical writing from Michael Bennett on operations, reporting, workflow design, AI-assisted processes, and the systems work behind smoother day-to-day execution.
About OCData
Ops & Systems Consulting
Published Articles
38
Latest Update
May 7, 2026
Typical Topics
Workflow / Reporting / Automation
01 - What You Will Find
These posts cover workflow design, process cleanup, AI-assisted operations, reporting structure, and implementation lessons drawn from real delivery work.
02 - Who This Is For
If reporting is inconsistent, handoffs are messy, or software keeps getting blamed for process problems, this archive will feel familiar.
03 - About OCData
The work focuses on making businesses run better through clearer workflows, better reporting, practical software, and systems that the client can actually own and use.
Article Archive
Use this page to explore writing on workflow cleanup, reporting structure, AI-assisted operations, WordPress and back-office systems, and the handoff problems that usually sit underneath so-called software issues.
Turned messy inventory spreadsheets into a Django and Postgres platform with raw staging, lineage tracking, Woo imports, and admin-first CRUD.
Reworked WooCommerce cost data, BOM preparation, and inventory-readiness with auditable CSV flows instead of blind bulk edits.
Built an evidence-first investigation system that linked operational, financial, shipping, and catalog records into one searchable casebook for regulated sales audits.
Unified a split commercial and residential web presence into one WordPress and Elementor system with clearer division paths, migrated content, and a maintainable operating model.
Replaced workbook-dependent costing with a hosted internal cost engine for recipes, labor, vendors, purchasing, lots, and pricing decisions.
Rebuilt bookkeeping cleanup around bank-feed truth, statement evidence, and controlled QuickBooks actions so finance work could move from guesswork to a defensible operating plan.
AI-assisted teams break down when decisions, task state, and repo context disappear between sessions. Durable memory turns agent work from isolated prompts into repeatable operations.
Built a read-first QuickBooks review workflow for church finance cleanup, CPA response packs, reconciliation analysis, and controlled follow-through instead of risky ad hoc edits.
GPT CLI becomes operationally useful when it works inside repo rules, task state, QA ritual, and durable context instead of floating free as a clever prompt surface.
AI sticks in operations when it is attached to a narrow workflow, a human decision path, and a durable system of record instead of being sold as a free-floating assistant.
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