Taking All Unnecessary Steps Out Of Your Business Process

When you step back and examine a process that you're using to make your product, are you being as efficient as possible?  Are all of the excess steps taken away and each and every department on the same page? 

There is almost always room for enchancment, although discovering where to get that improvement can often prove to be challenging.  That's one of the reasons that you need everybody on the team working to spot the opportunities.  The more people looking for opportunities, the better chance there is to identify the areas that need to be fixed. 

Most of the tome it is easier to step back and look at the total process as a whole, but then break it into smaller steps.  Look at all of the elements which frame the process and try to locate what can be improved in each individual step.  Then look to see if the alterations can be applied over the whole length of the process. 

If the improvements are able to be stretched out over the total process, it will be able to make a grand impact on the process.  Of course any advancement is good, however what you really want is to come up with the improvements that make the most substantial impact with the least amount of effort and change.  In other words, look to grab the low hanging fruit because it will make the greatest impact at the least expenditure of effort, expense and time.  It's complex for one individual to spot all of these areas, however if you put together a team that will be able to work together, you will frequently receive greater outcomes.  You need to be sure that you have the appropriate people as members of your team.  They need to be from all the different levels of the company and from different areas and department within the business.  This way you get people with different experience levels and people that look at the processes from different angles and viewpoints.  Somebody that is working on the floor or is a floor manager will look differently at a problem than an individual that is in the main office. 

You need to use these chances to get the best ideas and viewpoint to your advantage.  Who knows, if you don’t consult the people on the floor, you may perhaps not get the best ideas or the idea that solves the problem.  Don’t just look at the traditional avenues of what you're used to and what has always been done.