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Most of today’s manufacturing companies are organized in networks. Discussions concerning these networks include the global footprint, but hardly how the sites can be successfully coordinated. Leaning at coordination mechanisms known from team sports, this article provides five tactics of how the network coordination can be done successfully. These include a consequent reassessment of the global footprint and a consequent closure of obsolete sites, a clear definition of each site’s role in the network, as well as joint learning between sites and celebrating common achievements.

Most of today’s manufacturing companies are organized in networks. Discussions concerning these networks include the global footprint, but hardly how the sites can be successfully coordinated. Leaning at coordination mechanisms known from team sports, this article provides five tactics of how the network coordination can be done successfully. These include a consequent reassessment of the global footprint and a consequent closure of obsolete sites, a clear definition of each site’s role in the network, as well as joint learning between sites and celebrating common achievements.