The Accelerated Approach to operations improvement is a four-tiered methodology designed to help you transform your process by fact-gathering from knowledge workers and management; visualization of the process; transformation of the vital few components; and implementation of recommendations to transform the organization.

Here's how it works:

Step 1:  Fact-gathering

• Gather process data using activity-based costing
• Identify activities, costs, rework, delays, and other information about the effectiveness and efficiency of the existing operations

Step 2:  Visualization

• Develop a process model
• Determine process costs and measure the performance
• Determine a realistic improvement target
• Compare to best-in-class with best practices analysis

• Incorporate best practices results into other process information
• Identify 8-12 recommendations for improvement
• Develop detailed action plan to achieve target
• Understand how systems can enable process

• Identify resources to implement the redesign/design plan
• Plan and manage the project
• Measure the results

How do we achieve these dramatic results in such a short period of time?

	We involve both workers and management in the process.
	We visualize your existing process by creating a detailed map of the process, including process measurements.
	We understand that you don't have the time to focus indefinitely, nor unlimited resources to transform the organization.
	We focus attention on the vital few components whose transformation will lead to the most significant operational improvement.
	We assist you with planning roles and responsibilities, with communications, and with developing a detailed implementation plan.