Maximising Resources

By adopting a strategic approach to operations and effectively using key performance indicators, businesses can better maximise resources, reduce capital and operating costs, and increase their return on investment.

At the core of a strategic approach is establishing an Operational Review Process. Simply stated, it is the ability to optimally apply the right equipment, people and processes to maximise ROI.

The review process is conducted at specified intervals, which depend on the rate of change in the business and what the business deems manageable and useful.

Reviews could be held monthly, quarterly, or biannually. The interval should fit in with the objectives of the organisation and should be flexible.

As with a Business Strategy Review we have experience in providing the appropriate training to enable you to run effective Operational Review meetings in house or if you prefer we can facilitate your review meetings for you and assist you in conducting your full Operational Review.

Policies, Processes and Procedures

Successful businesses and organisations have systems. Every employee working for a company has a set of rules to follow as they complete tasks. They may also have instructions that show them exactly how to complete each task.

While it may seem like there is no difference in this employee system there are actually important differences that determine the success of your company.

The problem for businesses is they often struggle to define three key elements:

• Policy  guidelines and rules
• Process the high level map for the policy
• Procedure the step by step instruction : The How to Guide

Too often these three items are used interchangeably, but the key details in each make them necessary on their own to develop a complete working system. In order to effectively delegate tasks to others it is important to have all three elements.

It is important to remember that if you update one of these then for maximum results you should also update the other two and that is where Connect 2 Consultants Ltd comes in.

We can help you establish new Policies/Processes/Procedures or even conduct a full review to ensure that your existing ones are still relevant to your business objectives and importantly in alignment with each other.

Project Management

Projects are separate to business-as-usual activities, requiring people to come together temporarily to focus on specific project objectives. As a result, effective teamwork is central to successful projects.

Project management is concerned with managing discrete packages of work to achieve objectives. The way the work is managed depends upon a wide variety of factors.

The scale, significance and complexity of the work are obvious factors: relocating a small office and organising the Olympics share many basic principles but offer very different managerial challenges.

We can help your establish the parameters of your project, setting up the project team, keeping it on track and to budget whilst providing you with associated training and reporting on a regular basis.