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Operational Excellence · Level 5 Targeting

Which 20% of your processes actually deserve Level 5?

Most plants waste years chasing maturity on processes that don't move the needle. This tool runs the same logic chain we use with clients — from your plant's single financial goal down to the specific processes that deserve the investment.

15 minutes. Your numbers stay in your browser until you choose to generate the report. No cloud upload.

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Maturity reality check
Rate your processes 0–5. See whether your distribution is healthy — or whether you're over-investing in Level 5 where it won't repay.
02
Anchor on the one number
Plant Cost Rate or EBITDA — the two KRIs a Plant Manager owns. Everything downstream connects back to it.
03
Decompose to KPIs
Identify which operational drivers feed that number, and how far each must move.
04
Break each KPI to its process indicators
Trace each KPI through its formula to the loss component — and the process and department that own it.
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Your Level 5 Candidate List
A short, ranked list of processes mathematically connected to your goal. The ones worth taking to Level 5.
Based on the AdaptiveOps operational maturity methodology.
Step 1 of 4 · Maturity Reality Check

Where do your processes actually stand?

Rate each process on the 0–5 maturity scale below. Be honest — the value depends on it. A healthy plant runs ~80% at Level 2–3 and only ~20% at Level 4–5.

The 0–5 maturity scale
0
Undefined
Runs on individual heroism. No document describes how the process is performed.
1
Documented
Exists on paper — but it isn't followed, and the document isn't kept up to date.
2
Standardized & controlled
Documents are actually followed. Discipline applied uniformly, not selectively.
3
Planned, organized & measured
A coordinated system — KPIs, Daily Management, integration between the tools.
4
Visualized & predictable
Legible at a glance. Statistical and proactive — the plant moved from reactive to ahead of the problem.
5
Self-regulating
Detects its own deviations and triggers its own corrections — escalation is automatic, not human-initiated.
Rate every process to continue.
Step 2 of 4 · The One Number That Matters

Anchor on the KRI you're accountable for.

Plant Cost Rate and EBITDA are the two financial results a Plant Manager owns. Pick one. Whichever you choose, the assessment decomposes the cost lever you control directly.

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Enter current and target Plant Cost Rate (target below current).
Step 3 of 4 · Decompose to KPIs

Which drivers feed that number — and by how much?

Select the KPIs that, if improved, would move your anchor. For each, enter current and target. Pick only the ones that genuinely matter — discipline here is the whole point.

Select at least 2 KPIs and fill current + target for each selected one.
Step 4 of 4 · Break Each KPI to Its Process

What's stopping each KPI — and who owns it?

A KPI is a result; you improve it only through the process indicators beneath it. For each KPI, select the loss components in play — you can pick more than one — then mark the primary driver. Each points to a process and a department.

For each KPI, select at least one cause and mark one as primary.
Almost there

Your Level 5 Candidate List is ready.

You've done the work most leadership teams never sit down to do — traced a financial goal all the way to named processes. Enter your details to generate the full report.

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AdaptiveOps · Targeting Report

Level 5 Targeting — Candidate List

Maturity Distribution
Level 0–1 (fragile) Level 2–3 (solid base) Level 4–5 (self-regulating)
True North
Required KPI Movement

Each selected driver with the move you've set. The combined effect must deliver your anchor gap — the precise contribution of each is what a calibrated conversion model quantifies.

Your Level 5 Candidate List

Ranked by how strongly your inputs connect each process to the goal (primary drivers weigh heavier). Each owned by a named department. These deserve Level 5 — everything else stays solid at Level 2–3.

What this list gives you — and what it doesn't.
You've mapped which processes matter and who owns them. What this tool can't give you is the precise euro-contribution of each, or the next layer down — the maintenance, logistics and engineering metrics (MTBF, changeover time, capability) that calibrate every one. That layer requires a conversion model built on your real cost structure. It's exactly what we build together, so every improvement target is provably connected to your number.

Turn the candidate list into a funded plan.

In a free 30-minute diagnostic, we pressure-test your chain and show you what a calibrated conversion model would change about this list.

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This self-assessment is an educational instrument. Outputs are directional and depend entirely on the accuracy of your inputs. It does not replace a calibrated cost-conversion model built on your plant's actual financial data.