Consultancy services within Organisation & Efficiency

CANEA offers qualified consultancy services within organisation and efficiency. Our experienced management consultants and proven methodology guarantee that your efficiency initiative will succeed and be profitable.

Efficiency

Most organisations need to review their costs on a regular basis and to improve their ways of working to achieve the goals they have for the business. Over the years we have helped a large number of organisations to make their operations more efficient with measurable and lasting results in the form of increased revenues, reduced costs and smoother ways of working. Please contact us for a no-strings discussion about what your organisation can do to improve profitability and reduce costs!

Can you save money through increasing efficiency?

Can you save money through a more effective organisation and way of working? International studies show that many companies have quality non-conformity costs or internal wastage of time and money equating to 10-15% of turnover. Our experience from efficiency projects in both the private and public sectors show that there is often even more than this to be saved!

Other effects of efficiency

In addition to sheer cost savings, structured and planned efficiency measures mean a number of other advantages for the company, the customers and the staff. These include:

• More satisfied customers
• Focus on the value-adding processes
• Reduced internal bureaucracy
• Fewer internal reports
• Better and more effective meetings
• More effective project work
• More satisfied staff with clearer roles and responsibilities
• More effective document management

 

CANEA's methodology and tools for increasing efficiency

For many years, CANEA has worked to develop methodologies and tools within the organisation and efficiency area. We can offer everything from comprehensive solutions with analysis, implementation and IT support to specific targeted actions in the form of things like audits.

It is important to remember that efficiency does not only mean a specific project. Efficiency in its purest form consists rather of structured and continuous work with constant improvements. CANEA has helped a large number of companies and organisations to develop and introduce such systems, often in connection with certification and preparation for certification in the areas of quality and environment.

Even though many efficiency assignments are similar to each other, each client is unique with unique needs and circumstances and we adapt the structure and scope, etc. according to these for an optimal result. We describe briefly below some of the proven tools and methods that we use in our efficiency work.

Framework for efficiency

For a successful assignment within the organisation and efficiency area, we require an overall view of the organisation's purpose, tasks, customers, goals, culture, values, working methods, etc. We often use the hourglass model as a tool at the start of the assignment to create this overall view.

Processes and process mapping

It can often be advantageous to start from a process perspective when working with organisation and efficiency. Process mapping gives a picture of how the work in the organisation actually takes place and the interplay between different roles. In this way, the processes become an excellent tool for identifying shortcomings and opportunities for improvement.

GAP analysis

Using a GAP analysis, a picture can be created of the differences between the current position and the desired position for the whole or selected parts of the business. The GAP analysis is often a good tool for identifying potential for improvement and in defining the scope and direction of efficiency initiatives.

Root cause analysis

To achieve lasting efficiency, the analysis must be taken a step further than the identification and description of specific problems. The root causes must be analysed to determine why the problems and "wastage" in terms of time and resources have occurred.

Internal audits

Internal audits are an excellent tool for finding and qualifying different shortcomings and opportunities for improvement both for companies that have ISO certification and for those that do not. For many years, CANEA has supplied services within internal auditing to a large number of private and public organisations and we are also one of Sweden's foremost suppliers of training within audit and audit methodology.

Benchmarking

With the help of benchmarking, selected parts of the business can be compared with other organisations. It can, for example, be interesting for a government agency to compare its administrative costs with those of other government agencies with similar circumstances to obtain an estimation of whether the organisation's administration is effective. CANEA has significant experience and a well-proven methodology for benchmarking and this tool is almost always used as a part of our efficiency assignments.