tight ship

Idioms  

1. A well-managed organization, as in The camp director runs a tight ship. This metaphoric term alludes to a ship in which the ropes are taut and by extension the ship is strictly managed. [Second half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

The new chief financial officer seems like she is running a very tight ship.

From Barron's

“Strictly runs on incredibly tight deadlines and needs to be run like a tight ship, and I congratulate all the staff who get this done,” said another.

From BBC

“I thought that was a very strong, definitive ruling by the judge. So I think he is going to run a very tight ship. He strikes me as somebody as in the mold of Judge Kaplan, the judge who had the two E. Jean Carroll cases, so I think we’re going to see a very efficient trial being conducted here.”

From Salon

The bank didn't give any update on the potential sale of non-core assets after Krupa said last month he intended to run a "tight ship" in terms of the bank's portfolio.

From Reuters

SocGen didn't give any update on the potential sale of non-core assets after Krupa said last month he intended to run a "tight ship" in terms of the bank's portfolio.

From Reuters