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Financial institution uses activity data to identify areas for improvement and drive operational efficiency​

Using activity analysis to identify avoidable rework cost, technology improvement opportunities, and drive operational efficiency.​

We finally got a good grasp on what employees were doing, and where changes were needed.

Head of FP&A​

Business goal

  • They had made changes to their operating model to diversify their product portfolio in response to evolving customer demand.​
  • Following the restructuring, they aimed to enhance collaboration and work processes, particularly after a survey revealed that employees were feeling overworked​
  • They wanted to understand what work is being performed, by whom and in which area of the business, identify areas for improvement, and recalibrate job roles

Solution

  • Orgvue partnered with the Head of FP&A to develop the activity taxonomy and test their existing hypothesis​
  • They sent Survey via Orgvue to 78 employees to gather activity data​
  • Findings:​
    • Found that 12% of FTE felt they do work which their role shouldn’t work on due to ‘legacy processes’​
    • Identified £450k of rework costs, with ‘Planning and Forecasting’ as top activity with avoidable rework​
    • Found that 65% of mid-level managers do not have all necessary resources to perform their roles​
    • Identified the top 6 areas for technology improvements
  • Upskilled OD&E team to be self-sufficient in conducting further projects and conducted 2 more activity analysis within a 3-month period​

Mid managers lacking resources to perform their roles​

Identified rework cost which could be avoided​

Areas identified for tech improvement​


Activity analysis

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