Think about how to increase efficiency in any of an organization’s fundamental areas, and consider what could be done to improve the process. You may use your own company as an example. Identify a fundamental area in your organization in which there is an inefficiency. You may use the same one as you described in the discussion forum or chose another example area from the Business Drivers or Business Operations examples below:
Business Drivers
Capital Management
Customer Strategy (Marketing)
Customer Relationships
Employee Development
Employee Satisfaction
Quality, Process Improvement, Change Management
Financial Analysis and Reporting
Business Operations
Logistics Management
Customer Acquisition (Sales)
Produce or Service Delivery
Product Development
Supply Chain Management
Accounting Management
Technology Management
Example possibilities for alternative approaches might include the following:
Combining reports
Would one report be better than two or three? Why?
Mobile apps
Are there possible efficiencies here? How?
Desktop notifications
Is it important to get immediate feedback? Why?
Team environment or collaboration tools
Could this eliminate wasted time or lost documents? How?