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EnergX personnel have worked with a variety of
clients to develop and implement business
strategies. Companies and organizations frequently
find themselves in need of improving the
effectiveness and efficiency of their operations.
One possible avenue for improvement often lies in
streamlining the internal processes that they are
employing to conduct their business operations.
Whereas an effort to improve business processes can
be mounted using internal resources exclusively, it
is often the case that using a team approach where
external consultants work hand-in-hand with a select
set of the company's employees can yield better
results. This results from the combination of the
broader experience base and objective perspective
brought by the external consultants and the
knowledge of the company's strengths and weaknesses
and culture brought by the internal employees.
Results using this approach can be dramatic. One
of our clients was having difficulty meeting its
commitment to the Department of Energy and time was
short. By restructuring the business strategy,
integrating the management team, and breaking down
the project into manageable components, EnergX was
able to help the client accomplish a significant
milestone.
Analysis & Improvement of Business Processes
EnergX personnel have participated in a number of
business process improvement efforts for a variety
of clients, primarily at electric power utilities
and at Department of Energy facilities. EnergX
personnel have substantial experience in working
with clients to incorporate industry best practices
into the following types of business processes:
- Engineering Design
- Root Cause Analysis
- Configuration Change Control
- Corrective Action
- Maintenance
- Self-Assessment
- Work Control
- Regulatory Interface
- Procurement
- Authorization Basis Development and Maintenance
The EnergX approach to Business Process
Improvement is to work with teams of the client's
employees to integrate the client company's
experience with EnergX's objective perspective and
experience. EnergX tailors its approach to a
particular client's specific needs, generally
including the following steps:
- With the client's senior management, develop a
mutual understanding of the process improvement
objectives and priority.
- Create teams that include representatives from
the major stakeholders in the various processes.
- Facilitate and guide each team's efforts to
develop a clear understanding of the nature of the
processes currently being used to complete the
work activities.
- Play a similar leadership role in the team's
efforts to identify opportunities to improve the
subject processes, including providing insight
into how industry best practices could be integrated
into the processes.
- Similarly lead the team's efforts to test the
revised processes and develop an implementation
strategy that maximizes the likelihood of success.
Development and Implementation of Business
Strategies
EnergX personnel have worked with a variety of
clients to develop and implement business
strategies. These strategies have incorporated a
number of strategic elements including:
- Improving operating efficiency to reduce product
costs;
- Employing new production techniques to enhance
product quality or reduce cost;
- Improving performance to increase regulatory
margin; and
- Repositioning the client's business within its
industry segment.
In successfully completing these consulting
efforts, EnergX personnel have drawn on the
collective experience of EnergX employees gained in
a variety of firms and industries. In each case,
EnergX tailored its approach to meet the specific
client's needs and to take full advantage of the
client's resources available to the project.
EnergX's role in these projects generally included:
- Facilitating groups of client's senior management
to define a clear vision and objectives for the
project.
- Leading and facilitating efforts to formulate the
elements of and to devise an implementation plan for
the new business strategy.
By skillfully switching roles from leading to
facilitating the client's efforts in these projects,
EnergX consultants have ensured that the end product
reflected both the experience and knowledge of the
client's key personnel and the EnergX participants.
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