Error proofing is making things “easy to get right and difficult to get wrong”. It is a small but very powerful idea. Improving customer service is easy, all you have to do is: Find out what your customer is unhappy about Work out what the cause of that unhappiness is Fix that cause In labour […]
Swim Lanes
From time to time, people ask me what is the best way to draw a process map. (Maybe they, or I, should get out more.) A better question is why are you drawing a process map? So that you can agree what the process is So you can communicate a process So you can spot […]
Why E-mail is Like Oil
Let’s be brutal here: you’re probably buried in e-mail. And like crude oil, e-mail can be a sticky, annoying substance that’s practically impossible to clean. We need e-mail to get things done, but it seems like an endless, yucky mess. The funny thing about oil is that while spilling a little bit is a problem […]
Does the Janitor Own your Processes?
Who owns your processes? It’s a simple question but a complex answer. (Unless, of course, you’re a one-person business where you do everything, in which case I’m fairly sure you are the process owner) In the real world where companies are larger than a single individual – and multinationals can have hundreds of thousands of […]
Business Process Management: It Will Never Work
I am a process guy I make no excuses. Not everybody sees the world the way I do, we all have different perspectives, some people think process management is a waste of time. Although I hate to admit it, sometimes, other people’s perspectives are valid. So, with the aim of fairness I have jotted down the […]
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