Organizational simplification: 950+ positions and 7,000+ bottlenecks removed

Managers across the organization were seeing the same chronic problem: after two decades of organic growth, operations had become too complex to manage. Executive leadership agreed and assigned the organizational effectiveness function to lead a response.

Defense contractors carry complexity pressures most industries never see: decades-long programs, strict compliance regimes and organic growth layered across acquisitions of sites and product lines. Simplification in that environment must respect program commitments while still removing the structures that no longer earn their cost.

WGA worked with the client to identify and prioritize meaningful simplification opportunities, then facilitated the design, planning and implementation of every aspect of the program, including the consolidation and relocation of three manufacturing centers into one lower-cost location.

The program was structured as a facilitated portfolio: opportunity identification with the managers closest to the complexity, prioritization by measurable impact, then design, planning and implementation support for each initiative through to completion. The heaviest moves, including consolidating three manufacturing centers into one lower-cost location, ran as their own workstreams with dedicated plans. Progress was counted in eliminated positions, removed bottlenecks and closed initiatives, so the program’s ledger stayed as concrete as its ambition.

Results as the client recorded them, in its own operating metrics: Over 950 global positions consolidated and reduced

Over 7,000 waste and bottleneck problems eliminated: Three manufacturing centers consolidated into one lower-cost location