Schlagwort: OperationalExcellence


  • Lean has long been established in many companies. The language is familiar, the tools are known, the formats have been introduced. There are stand-ups, shop floor rounds, problem-solving formats, and visualizations. From the outside, this looks like maturity. And yet, operational performance remains fragile in some areas. The same disruption reappears. The same handover remains…

  • Companies love efficiency improvement programs because they seem tangible. You can measure processes, identify waste, sharpen responsibilities, and put together packages of measures. All of this has its value. But in 2026, the operational maturity of many organizations will become apparent in another area: their ability to make planning assumptions explicit and review them on…

  • Sustainable logistics is not created by individual digital or ESG projects, but by an integrated operating model. Drivers include new reporting requirements (CSRD/ESRS) and sectoral decarbonization paths (IMO). The 3-lens principle The process model: Stabilize → Improve → Scale 6 concrete steps to get started KPIs (guidelines) Risks / trade-offs