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Services : Technology : Case Study 1

Challenge

A communications services provider was realizing great early sales success, filling its back office with orders and putting a strain on the delivery process with resultant delays in revenue realization. Management quickly decided it needed to invest for scale in its delivery process, but wasn't sure what was working, what was not and exactly where the bottlenecks were in the process. NaviGo Global was asked to find a solution that would improve visibility to this process, allowing management to make smarter decisions on where to apply resources and IT investment.

Strategy

NaviGo Global collaborated with owners and operators of the delivery process to review process design documentation and observe process execution. It quickly became evident the process was 100% manual with a great deal of variation in execution between operators, the process flows were always outdated due to constant changes in product definitions and the network infrastructure supporting the product required changes in activation procedure. The end result was missed delivery dates and post-install quality issues (which then meant additional burden on customer care resources). The client needed lightweight, flexible and user managed business workflow system to allow them to quickly revise processes as the product and network evolved while also providing a framework for ensuring consistent process execution. NaviGo Global used data from the initial interviews and information gathered in follow-up conversations to develop a set of systems requirements, evaluate IT solutions, summarize the business benefits and present multiple options to stakeholders for their buy-in and comment. NaviGo Global then supported the process owners as they presented the options to management with estimates for cost and implementation time frames.

Results

Management quickly latched onto the benefits of a business workflow system solution and picked one of the options for implementation. Over the weeks that followed, NaviGo Global negotiated with the licensing vendor for the selected software package, assembled an implementation project plan that leveraged the vendor's professional services, supported the delivery of training to process owners and users and finally supervised the execution of the project plan. In follow-on work, NaviGo Global helped to formulate process metrics, develop operational review materials and trained process owners on how to iteratively decompose and improve process results to maximize OpEx through streamlined process or automation.

 

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