Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence

Reduce costs and improve the quality of operational and decision-making processes, embedding a culture of excellence that outlasts the assignment.

Our know-how

Process diagnosis and mapping

Process diagnosis and mapping

You cannot improve what you have not observed. We start on the ground to build a shared picture of how the work actually runs, gaps included.

  • Process mapping (BPMN)
  • Value stream analysis
  • Bottleneck and gap identification
  • Cost of poor quality assessment
  • Voice of the customer and critical requirements
Process optimisation and redesign

Process optimisation and redesign

Remove what creates no value before optimising the rest. We rebuild processes around what matters to the end customer.

  • DMAIC approach
  • Waste elimination (Lean, 5S, Kaizen)
  • Cycle time reduction
  • Standardisation and operating procedures
  • Statistical process control
Performance steering

Performance steering

A gain that is not tracked does not last six months. We put the instruments in place so results can be seen, discussed and sustained.

  • Performance indicator design
  • Operational dashboards
  • Performance reviews and routines
  • Sector benchmarking
  • Return on investment measurement
Quality, compliance and operational risk

Quality, compliance and operational risk

Quality is built into the process, not into the final inspection. We connect standards requirements, internal control and anomaly handling.

  • Quality management system (ISO 9001)
  • Internal control framework
  • Incident and non-conformity management
  • Process audits
  • Corrective and preventive action plans
Automation and digitalisation

Automation and digitalisation

Automation amplifies whatever process you hand it, good or bad. We target the cases where the gain is real and measurable.

  • Automation use-case identification
  • Robotic process automation and workflows
  • Document digitalisation
  • Application integration
  • Post-deployment benefit measurement
Embedding a culture of excellence

Embedding a culture of excellence

An improvement programme stops the day the consultant leaves, unless it has been handed over to the teams. We organise that handover from the start.

  • Continuous improvement governance
  • Floor routines (Gemba, daily stand-ups)
  • Training Lean and Green Belt champions
  • Suggestion schemes
  • Capturing lessons learned

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