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Operations

Achieving and maintaining a superior operations capability is at the core of many companies’ strategies—and profit margins. McKinsey’s Operations Practice in Japan focuses on helping companies meet those goals. We serve clients with varied operations capabilities, from best-in-class companies to organizations that are embarking on operations transformation initiatives.

We deliver comprehensive support to help companies achieve a range of operations goals, from improving capital productivity and short-term cash flow through improved cost structures, to redesigning product-in-development processes to extract new breakthroughs.

Our Operations Practice offers specialized skills and assets in the following key areas:

  • Purchasing and supply management
  • Service operations
  • Product development
  • Supply-chain management
  • Overhead and indirect-cost optimization
  • CAPEX and manufacturing
  • Lean IT

We have a long track record of helping clients achieve continuous improvement, as well as having tangible and visible impact through sustainable organizational-capability building and individual skill coaching. We offer clients distinctive operations capabilities, with consultants dedicated to specific industries who draw upon our extensive network of Operations experts throughout the globe.

For more information visit our global Operations Practice site.

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Building the supply chain of the future
article | McKinsey Quarterly

Building the supply chain of the future

Getting there means ditching today’s monolithic model in favor of splintered supply chains that dismantle complexity, and using manufacturing networks to hedge uncertainty.

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Jakob Fischer

Jakob Fischer

Director

Helps chemical and agrochemical companies—and other companies in the process industries—optimize operations, improve performance, and identify opportunities for growth.

Naoyuki Iwatani

Naoyuki Iwatani

Principal

Brings extensive experience in leading operations transformations in supply-chain management, purchasing-cost optimization, and lean operations.

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