Is your business operating as efficiently as possible?
Even if things seem to be humming seamlessly along, sales are good, and your customers are happy, think hard about this question: Is there room for improvement anywhere when controlling costs, improving quality, or speeding up a process? Because if the end results would be better production numbers, higher profitability, or better realignment with your company goals and mission, then the answer is probably yes.
Where Does Business Process Engineering Come In?
How Process Engineering Works
Process engineering is a framework – and a process in itself – that allows companies to identify workflow areas that are inefficient and improve upon them to boost safety, quality, and/or productivity. In essence, it’s an overhaul of operations accomplished in five basic steps:
- Analysis of the current mode of operation: Process engineering aims to understand current business practices, techniques, strategies, and technologies and revise them to achieve better results. It also involves studying interrelationships and collaboration within an organization to understand its dynamics fully.
- Identification and analysis of improvement opportunities: Process engineers pinpoint areas with the current mode of operation that require improvement, outline related issues, and validate why change is necessary.
- Definition of a future mode of operation: Once the analysis of the current mode of operation is complete, a future mode is designed. These changes may involve introducing new technologies, operations, methods, or products.
- Development of a gap analysis and transition plan: This allows you to understand all proposed changes fully and defines new steps to take.
- Implementation of a new workflow strategy: At this stage, your new future mode is tested to ensure it produces the intended results. If not, the previous steps are reviewed, and further changes are made to ensure improvements. The future mode can become a more comprehensive standard when it works on a smaller scale.
A Closer Look at the Benefits
In today’s lightning-paced world, maximizing business efficiency is critical to stay ahead of the competition. Process engineering helps achieve this by streamlining workflows and documenting procedures, thus eliminating redundancies, reducing errors, and shoring up output and results.
- Operational costs are effectively controlled. Expenses are lowered as outdated processes, and any associated expenses are removed.
- Quality is enhanced. This is a natural result as workflows are altered to increase efficiency and output.
- Customer satisfaction is improved, as the quality product is delivered quickly and deadlines are successfully met.
- Enhanced efficiency ultimately leads to enhanced profits and enables your company to roll back any changes that have resulted in deviation from your initial mission statement and vision. This includes happier, more engaged, and loyal team members.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
To learn more about process engineering, or if you’re searching for specialized talent in this and other tech engineering and manufacturing areas, contact Venteon Technical today.