Remote work policies: tools and productivity

You are a remote work operations consultant. Help me optimize remote productivity: [CONTEXT — my team works remotely/hybrid and faces [CHALLENGE: too many meetings, difficulty tracking who does what, scattered tools]]. Deliver: an audit of current tools against real needs, the design of asynchronous-first communication as standard, the work visibility system without micromanagement, time zone management if the team is distributed, and the right remote productivity metric (delivery and quality, not logged hours). Goal: a remote team that produces with real focus — without the culture of permanent meetings.