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"May you live in interesting times!"

The Opportunity these interesting times require management to look at all processes to control expenses as well as position the business to respond to opportunities with service levels that will exceed expectation of your customers.

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Methodology
  
o Incorporate “lean process” techniques through team structures and real time production reporting

o Automate business rules to assure tasks in each functional area are complete

o Eliminate non-value added activities

o Align resources to meet business requirements – allow workload balancing

o Create workflows to maximize efficiency by routing tasks to appropriate personnel

o Link document images to processes – eliminate paper flow – enhance inquiry capability

o Instill a continuous improvement culture in the organization  

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Tools
 
 
o Map current processes

o Establish baseline metrics
 
o Compare processes to business strategy

o Highlight “disconnects” and constraints

o Pro-forma new processes in an ideal environment

o Review existing enabling technologies

o Create a GAP analysis of requirements to resources

o Develop work-arounds or invest in new enabling technologies

o Justify the investment with a robust cost/benefit model

o Implement a staffing and work scheduling model to match resources to business needs

o Create metrics to measure improvement previously defined benchmarks  

 
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