Insights

Operations management, written from practice.

Short, useful pieces on the four areas we work in. Full articles are published as they clear executive review.

Integrated operations control room overlooking a precisely organized production floor

Featured · Operations Systems

6 min read

An operating system is not an org chart

Structure tells you who reports to whom. An operating system tells you how work moves, who decides and what happens when conditions change.

Organized equipment and logistics assets surrounding a modern operating facility

Asset & Infrastructure Management

Utilization before acquisition

Most capacity problems are visibility problems. Before adding assets or infrastructure, establish what the current footprint is actually doing.

5 min read

Rail, road and warehouse connections meeting at an intermodal logistics hub

Network Optimization

Operational cost lives in the handoffs

Individual functions often perform well while the network between them absorbs delay, duplication and cost that nobody owns.

7 min read

A focused performance review desk with charts and precision measuring tools

Performance Insights

5 min read

Fewer, better measures

A reporting pack nobody trusts is worse than no reporting at all. Define a small set of measures tied to decisions and defend them.

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