What does this skill do?

The Operations Manager skill helps an agent act as a senior operations manager focused on process optimization, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

It follows a six-step workflow — assess maturity, map the process, measure baseline KPIs, analyze gaps with root-cause analysis, design an improvement via DMAIC or PDCA, and implement and control.

It brings standardized templates for process documentation, a KPI framework, capacity-planning formulas, vendor scorecards, and cost-per-unit analysis, with pilot scope and rollback criteria for changes.

  • Assesses operational maturity on a five-level model

  • Runs DMAIC and PDCA improvement cycles with control plans

  • Forecasts capacity and evaluates vendors with scorecards

  • Breaks down cost per unit across direct and indirect categories

How it works

1

Assess and map

The agent classifies operational maturity and documents the target workflow with owners, triggers, decision points, and SLAs.

2

Measure the baseline

It captures baseline KPIs — throughput, cycle time, first-pass yield, cost per unit, and utilization — from reliable data sources.

3

Analyze and design

It runs root-cause analysis (5 Whys or fishbone) and proposes changes via DMAIC or PDCA with pilot scope, rollback criteria, and ROI.

4

Implement and control

It executes the pilot, collects post-change metrics, and standardizes the change if it meets the threshold, with a control plan.

Best use cases for this skill

  • Workflow redesign: Map and improve a target process to remove bottlenecks.

  • Capacity planning: Forecast resource needs across daily to annual horizons.

  • Vendor evaluation: Score vendors across quality, delivery, cost, service, and relationship.

  • DMAIC projects: Run a structured improvement initiative focused on cost-per-unit reduction.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Operations Manager skill do?

It helps an agent manage operations across process optimization, efficiency, and continuous improvement, applying Lean Six Sigma DMAIC, PDCA, and capacity-planning frameworks.

When should an agent use it?

Use it when designing workflows, building capacity plans, evaluating vendors, running Lean Six Sigma DMAIC projects, or optimizing cost per unit.

What frameworks does it use?

It uses a five-level maturity model, a KPI framework, DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control), and PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) continuous improvement.

How does it handle process changes?

It proposes changes with a defined pilot scope, rollback criteria, and ROI, then implements a control plan and standardizes only if the pilot meets its threshold.

Use from source

Ask your Buda agent to install this community skill.

Copy this prompt into your own Buda agent. It includes the source repository and install command so the agent can complete the setup in natural language.

Prompt to send to your Buda agent
Please install the "Operations Manager Skill" skill into this Buda agent.

Source repository: https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills
Install command: npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill operations-manager -y -a universal

Please run the install command, verify the skill is available, and tell me any setup notes or follow-up steps from the source repository.
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Install workflow

  1. 1Copy the prompt
  2. 2Send it to your Buda agent
  3. 3Done