Process Analysis Consultants

LMCI Consulting provides Management Consulting services focused on process analysis. How do you know if you can use a Management Consultant (and what do they do)?

Most company owners (or managers) think they can figure things out for themselves. Many times this way of thinking works; perseverance can solve many of today’s business problems.  It’s when perseverance fails that an outside consultant can bring new solutions to the table.

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Have you ever heard of the expression, “Can’t see the forest for the trees?”  This describes the situation where in business, you can fully understand the detail, but can’t see the bigger picture.  As your business or organization grows, staying focused on daily operations can blind you to larger issues that may form.  LMCI consulting uses process analysis to obtain a bird’s eye view of the process you’re struggling with, identify what’s working, and what isn’t.  LMCI then draws upon industry best practices, and in some cases, other industry practices, to reduce the costs in your company or organization.

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How about those times when you have a good idea of what you need, but don’t know how to source it. Should you hire a programmer to your staff if you need some automation?  What about integrating your travel system with your accounting package; what skill do you look for to solve this problem?  Management Consultants in LMCI use process analysis to provide Project Management for your team.  The first step should always be to clearly articulate the process in terms that are understandable to both the company, and to the specialized resource that will develop the solution.  What happens if you don’t do this?  You end up buying a product that is based on the skill of the sales person pitching their product, and not on your true needs.

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As you can see, one of the primary reasons to perform process analysis is to reduce costs.  Sometimes that comes from process improvement, and other times it comes from not spending more then necessary when implementing a new project.  There are other reasons a Management Consultant can support your operations though.  Examples of these include process scalability and capability forecasting.  Both of these examples are focused on positioning the company to manage future uncertainties.  LMCI uses data analysis, statistics, and operations research principles to create a model of your organizations operations.  This model can then be evaluated under varying scenarios to forecast (or predict) future outcomes.

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Aren’t Management Consultants only used by large companies with large budgets?  This is true for many of the well known firms.  Think of all the money they put into advertising, lobbying business, and expensive offices; they have to pay for this somehow.  Smaller consulting firms like LMCI can service small companies by keeping our overhead costs low.  Generally speaking, LMCI services clients from 100 to 1000 employees.  That said LMCI has helped hundreds of companies as small as one person by directing them to cost effective solutions.  We can’t give a specific answer to this question until we’ve at least discussed your situation with you.  The easiest way to find out if we’re a fit for you is to give us a call.

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LMCI is a fan of Open Source technology solutions.  Examples of Open Source systems include WordPress for websites, Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP (LAMP) for development environments, and TRAC-Subversion for Software Configuration Management and Project Management.  Open Source projects allow our customers to eliminate the burden of license fees, and apply those savings to improving the bottom line.

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Do you have a business problem you’re trying to solve?  Give us a call to find out if we can help.  You might be able to save more money then if you went at it on your own.
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