Errors when applying management by processes and continuous improvement

A continuous improvement procedure within a company will always focus on making use of process management to be able to constantly meet the needs that arise and to be able to give a quick response to possible eventual problems that may arise. A) Yes, operations carried out within a company will be much more efficient and especially productive. Despite this, repeatedly this process management and continuous improvement technique does not materialize because we tend to make mistakes. As much as we are determined to improve our company, there are times when we do not achieve our goal and it is essential to reduce these types of situations. What are the most common mistakes?

I have too many expectations

Whenever we start we go to it and try to carry out a continuous improvement procedure, we tend to have a large number of expectations that are sometimes excessive. In other words, we tend to speculate on the results we can obtain unrealistic. As an example, many entities believe that these positive results will come very quickly, but in reality the opposite happens. It is a medium procedure / long term, so we won't achieve anything in a short time. The usual thing is that the results are cumulative and are gradually produced until the objective set is achieved..

Don't take advantage of the cloud

A large number of companies have yet to connect with the benefits of the cloud work environment and see it as something far away.. Try to perform certain processes without the support of the cloud implies investing an excessive volume of resources that does not make sense in a time when everything is connected. parallel, It is also a common mistake to trust the cloud and do it in such an accelerated and unplanned way that it will lead to failures and not take advantage of the cloud environment in the most satisfactory way.

Not understanding automated processes

The tendency is to believe that automated processes are those that try to replace tasks done by a person with fully automated ones.. Even though this idea is not entirely wrong, pay attention that process automation goes much further and focuses on multiple features. This is the case of the integration of the system itself or the compilation of indicators that provide us with real-time performance information. For a company to continuously improve, while creating a model and analyzing the procedure, it is essential to emphasize its improvement and redesign so that we can obtain information on whether all these processes have been properly optimized.

Based on specific objectives

An enhancement procedure is much more effective if it is carried out to solve different problems. In other words, a company must understand that the production chain is a whole. In the event that we want to make use of this improvement procedure in an isolated event, the usual thing is that we do not obtain the best results. This is because continuous improvement encompasses a series of steps, procedures, processes and optimizations, always taking into account the productivity and efficiency of the organization.

Not giving enough support to implantation.

Process management and continuous improvement should be viewed as a priority aspect in the business that you receive the maximum support and all the resources you need. You can not wait, as we said before, the procedure to be completed in a short time and, at the same time, do it without making an investment commensurate with the results you hope to obtain.