Kaikaku: promoting big changes
We all have growing expectations about the future, being better people and taking advantage of the time available. The same is true for […]
Indicators: the five dimensions of operational diagnosis
Frequently, in the day-to-day activities of companies, in conversations, meetings and other encounters, we reflect on the performance of the business operations carried out. Subjects such as: the […]
OEE: Getting the most out of assets
It is a consensus to say that it is necessary to control processes in order to try to maximize the performance of its assets. These maximization mechanisms […]
Short-Term Distortions in Sales Forecasting
A few weeks ago, consultant Fernanda Monteiro wrote a brilliant essay on the need to monitor an indicator measuring […]
Critical factors in the design of S&OP plans
Conceived with the main objective of aligning the company's functional areas, ensuring that all the company's planning points to a […]
Customer Segmentation: Divide and Conquer
In the corporate universe, we see the consolidation of some maxims that, simple as they may seem, imply profound transformations in organizations and […]
Efficiency, effectiveness and the conflict between Commercial and Operations
It is not news to any executive that in vibrant companies it is natural for conflicts to flare up due to divergences of ideas and […]
Portfolio Management: Complexity and risks in launching products
We have seen, in recent years, a clear growth movement in the number of products offered by companies, SKUs have been created with different combinations of […]
For consistent responses to the crisis
Times of economic crisis are also times of many changes and opportunities for organizations, so it is always very valuable to understand […]
job to be done
The new world of the digital age, more globalized and more virtual, is marked by an intensification of multidirectional information flows and […]
Disruption: why are there products missing from the shelves?
In times of crisis, when companies' sales volumes drop and targets are not met, the climate in organizations […]
Interest rates and recession: enemies of the cost of inventories
In 2015, the Brazilian economy faces great difficulties. According to the Focus Market Report, we will go through the biggest recession in history […]