Tag: Operational Excellence

Cadence Beats Heroics: A Remote Week on a Thin OS

It didn’t start on Monday; it leaked in sideways from last week, from last month, from that meeting nobody concluded and everyone pretended was “captured in notes.” Remote week, same fog. Coffee that smells burnt even over Zoom, a cup ring on my desk shaped like a small continent. Slack pings like fruit flies. A…

Nine Little Tools, Too Honest to Ignore

The office smelled like burnt popcorn. Not even fresh, the kind that lingers after someone nuked a bag two hours ago. Chairs squeaking, somebody tapping a Bic pen so hard it left little dents in the cheap laminate table. That was the mood when we opened VWCG’s site. Nine tools, little emojis like they’d been…

Hoshin Kanri: Strategic Planning Made Simple

Hoshin Kanri, a management methodology originating from Japan, is gaining popularity worldwide for its effectiveness in aligning strategic goals with daily operations. This methodology provides managers with practical tactics for strategy deployment and improvement initiatives. This structured approach, known as a strategic plan, provides organizations with a framework to achieve their objectives by promoting cross-functional…

Business Operation Management

In high-level positions, operations management professionals often have a master’s degree or, more specifically, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. In high-level positions, operations management professionals often have a master’s degree or, more specifically, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.. Operations Management (OM) is the management of business practices to achieve maximum efficiency…