Problems we solve
When Sales and Operations Are Misaligned
Direct answer
Sales-to-operations misalignment shows up as scope surprises, re-interviewed customers, missed expectations and rework. The root cause is a verbal handoff with no defined content, no acceptance step and no shared visibility of delivery capacity at the moment of commitment.
What this feels like day to day
Sales sells it, operations discovers it.
- Operations asks the customer questions sales already asked
- Promises made that delivery cannot meet
- Scope disputes after work begins
- Recurring friction between the two functions
Financial impact
- Margin erosion through rework and concessions
- Overtime and expedited costs
- Customer credits and lost repeat business
Operational impact
- Schedule disruption
- Low trust between functions
- Delivery staff filtering what sales tells them
Questions to ask internally
- What is the defined content of a complete handoff?
- Who accepts the handoff, and can they reject it?
- Is capacity visible when commitments are made?
- How are legitimate changes handled?
Metrics that reveal the problem
- Handoff completeness
- Rework hours from missing information
- Change orders from scope gaps
- On-time start rate
First steps toward a fix
- Define handoff content jointly with operations
- Add an acceptance step with the right to reject incomplete handoffs
- Show capacity at the point of commitment
- Review handoff failures monthly with both functions present
How the Blueprint evaluates this
- Current handoff practice and failure modes
- Required content per service line
- Capacity visibility
- Change and exception paths
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