From the practice
Operations management is often sold as culture, software, or a stack of KPIs. In the companies we are asked to help, the real problem is more ordinary: work enters from several directions, nobody has the right to say no, and the calendar is full of meetings that do not move a single constraint.
We treat operations as a designed system. Demand needs an owner. Capacity needs a number, even if it is approximate. Handoffs need a definition of done. Reviews need exceptions, not a recap of last week. When those pieces exist, teams stop depending on heroics.
The practice stays small on purpose. You work with the principal. Written offers stay specific. We would rather leave a thinner system behind than remain necessary.
VLADIMIR CUBANTEV
Principal, Globalstreasdconnct