For simplicity, Change Engineers’ definition of the operations of a business includes all of the systems, processes, functions and tasks that the business uses or undertakes in order to “produce” its products or services. Operations will also include many of the “back room”, or support services, that may be out-sourced by the business.

Change Engineers help clients to review and understand how their operations currently function, which areas add value and what improvements could be made. These improvements could be related to changes in the systems, processes, tasks, or the softer aspects of staff capability, where training, support and alternative working and management methods could transform the performance of the whole business.

A review of the business and a new action plan is invariably only the “blueprint” for improvements to be pursued. The proposals still need to be implemented successfully to ensure that the determined strategic and operational intentions are actually achieved. This implementation needs to be managed and supported to avoid new management initiatives becoming another depressing “failure” statistic, leading to disappointment and cynicism of any future change management processes.

A survey from the DTi confirmed the top 5 areas of advice that can benefit SMEs by increasing profits and turnover, as shown in the table below:

Change Engineers focus their operational services on these same top 5 areas due to their critical impact on improving business performance.

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