Operations consulting · Hong Kong

Find out where the work stalls.

We are called in when the operation stops delivering what the plan assumes: orders slow, cost drifts, and the cause sits between three teams rather than inside one.

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DemandIntake is steady and predictable.

Central, Hong KongRemote or on site, by arrangement

We work on process optimisation cost reduction operating‑model design performance improvement

Diagnostic

Where performance breaks.

Observed issueLead times have grown, but volume has not.

Operating cause

Work waits between steps rather than inside them.

Leadership decision

Which steps may be removed or merged, and who owns the constrained path.

Engagement

Process optimisation on the constrained path.

Indicative mapping. Scope is agreed in writing before work starts.

The argument

Most operational problems sit between teams.

Each team can be running its own part correctly while the operation loses time, cost and control at the boundaries between them.

That is where we work. We follow the item — an order, a case, a job — across every function that touches it, and look at the handoffs between teams, not only at each team on its own. It is also why the work is done with the leadership team rather than for it: the changes that matter are decisions about ownership, thresholds and sequence, and those belong to you.

How an engagement is run

CommercialOrder accepted

Date promised to the customer.

No trigger defined at the boundary

OperationsCapacity checked

Job scheduled against the promise already made.

Approval waits above threshold

FinanceTerms confirmed

Same data re-entered before the invoice is raised.

Engagement

How an engagement runs.

Five stages on one path. Each closes on a leadership decision rather than a deliverable, and each leaves the operation holding something it can run from.

Stage 01
Frame
DecisionScope and objective signed off.
Leaves you withAn agreed boundary for the operation in scope.
Stage 02
Diagnose
DecisionFindings accepted as the working basis.
Leaves you withA workflow view of how the work is actually run.
Stage 03
Redesign
DecisionTrade-offs taken between cost, service and headcount.
Leaves you withAn ownership map and a priority register.
Stage 04
Mobilise
DecisionOwners and dates committed.
Leaves you withA decision record the change can be run against.
Stage 05
Review
DecisionHandover accepted.
Leaves you withA review cadence held in the management calendar.

The five stages stay the same. The depth of each stage — and how far the engagement goes into implementation — is agreed before work starts.

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Engagement structure

How one cross-functional engagement is framed and closed.

Engagement memo · Order flow, three functions Illustrative · Not a client record

01 — Situation

An order is accepted by one function and delivered by three.

02 — Commercial pressure

The promise made at the point of sale is not the promise the operation can hold.

03 — Operating constraint

The constraint sits at two boundaries, not inside any function.

04 — Leadership decision

Three decisions belong to leadership and cannot be delegated into the redesign.

05 — Close condition

The engagement closes on evidence the operation can run it without us.

This memo is illustrative. It shows how an engagement would be structured, diagnosed and closed; it is not a record of client work.

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Commercial impact ledger

What the engagement is measured against.

An engagement without an agreed commercial baseline becomes a matter of opinion. Before diagnosis begins, we agree with leadership which measures the work will be judged on, how each one is currently derived, and who reviews it once we have gone.

These are the categories we would establish and monitor. The basis for each is set during framing, using the data the operation already produces — we publish no figures here, because the baseline comes from your own data.

How the baseline is agreed

Commercial impact ledger: each measure, its current basis, review owner and the decision it triggers
Measure	Current basis	Review owner	Decision triggered
Lead time	Agreed during framing	Operations lead	Whether the constrained step is resequenced or resourced
Cost per unit	Traced to activity during diagnosis	Finance director	Which savings are taken now and which are held
Rework	Defined at framing; counted at source	Quality or operations lead	Whether the check moves to the step that creates the error
Decision latency	Measured against the agreed threshold	Managing director	Whether the approval threshold or approver changes
Capacity	Taken from existing scheduling data	Operations lead	Whether commitments are capped at confirmed capacity
Service reliability	Agreed during framing	Commercial lead	Whether the promise made at acceptance is revised

A ledger of categories, not of results. Values are set with you during framing; no outcome is claimed or guaranteed in advance.

The operation is the place to start.

Tell us which part of the business is slowing down and what it is costing you. Enquiries are answered by the person who would run the work.

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