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CASE STUDY   ·   #PROCESS   #EFFICIENCY

From a fragmented, chaotic process to shared, efficient management

A working group reconstructs and organises the stages of a business process using visual representations.

CLIENT

Eco Coop

SECTOR

Facilities management

PARTICIPANTS

9 people from ownership, sales, operations, logistics, administration and HR

Objective

Rethink the order and project budget management process to make it more efficient, shared and self-sufficient, reducing tension, delays, additional costs and operational intervention by the owners, which created bottlenecks and took time away from strategic work.

Key activities

01

Collaborative end-to-end process mapping

02

Identifying and prioritising around 20 issues

03

Co-designing practical solutions

04

Defining responsibilities, timings and an action plan

05

Introducing an internal coordination and monitoring system

Outcomes

A process defined and shared across functions

Clear responsibilities and requirements for everyone involved

Around 20 issues turned into practical solutions and captured in an action plan

Tracked reduction in delays, additional costs and operational interventions by the owners

New capabilities

Seeing the process as a whole and recognising the connections and financial implications of each person’s work

Coordinating and monitoring work more independently through an internal coordinator and brief check-ins

Using shared mapping and monitoring tools that the team can apply to other processes and projects

When people observe a process together, individual problems become shared responsibilities.

TESTIMONIAL

The workshop helped us see the process as a whole and make visible the issues and interdependencies that, in our day-to-day work, we tended not to notice or only addressed once they became emergencies. Its value lay in turning different points of view into shared, practical solutions, clarifying responsibilities and building a way of working the team can carry forward independently.

Andrea Pusinanti

Co-founder and Board Member, Eco Coop

From the workshop

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