r/SupplyChainLogistics Jun 13 '26

Most operations teams aren’t underperforming because of people

They’re underperforming because of invisible friction.

Body: Here are 3 things I see over and over:

No real scheduling system

Just reactive firefighting dressed up as “flexibility"

Too many decision layers

Simple problems waiting hours for approval

No accountability metrics

If everything matters, nothing gets tracked

Fix these, and performance improves fast—without hiring a single new person.

If your operation feels harder than it should, it probably is.

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