Could your business be working harder for you? 

Your business or department is successful, but could it be achieving more? Many businesses have opportunities for improvement; taking advantage of these opportunities can make all the difference to your business's ability to grow and remain profitable whatever the future holds.

Isn't improvements just for unsuccessful businesses?

Not at all, the most successful businesses have become just that through the principle of continuous improvement. Continuous improvement says that every organisation, from the smallest sole tradership to the largest multinational has opportunities which can be leveraged to make the organisation more successful at what they do.

Does your business show any symptoms that there may be opportunities to improve how your organisation works?

• Poor cashflow
• Staff disatisfaction
• High staff turnover
• High numbers of mistakes
• High numbers of quality defects or customer rejects
• Wasted time due to delays
• Wasted resources such as raw materials

These symptoms may not be present in your organisation as a whole, but may be in evidence in some departments. There could just be one machine with high waste or defects, or one department with high staff turnover. It is this one problem area that could be holding you back, and addressing this area may allow your whole organisation to move forward with greater success.

Surely the business themselves are best suited to solve any problems?

It's a common misconception that the best people to solve problems with a business process are those who carry it out or manage it on a daily basis. In fact, the opposite is often true.

When performing tasks every day, these tasks become second nature and employees carry them out regularly and routinely. It becomes hard to see how to change the processes and tasks - they become habitual. This is fine when your business is performing to its full potential as it ensures you keep repeating your recipe for success, but when problems arise, this can hinder you from finding a solution.

It is in these circumstances that an outside perspective can help.

SettSoftware have vast experience of identifying, planning and implementing business improvements within organisations' processes. Such improvements can deliver increased efficiency and quality, and thereby cost savings.

Utilising the most effective techniques from diverse methodologies including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Quality, we are able to reduce your process costs through:

• Reduction of inventory - freeing up increased working capital
• Reduction of wastage of time or resources -  preventing you from throwing money away
• Reduction of mistakes, defects and customer returns - removing the cost of repeating work.
• Streamlining of processes reducing setup time, reducing transport both in and between factories and reducing the time taken to complete tasks - resulting in increased productivity.

We want to work with you, to help you acheive the success you deserve.

At Sett Software we are a far cry from the traditional image of a management consultant.

We know that you are experts in your business and that we are not, however what we seek to bring to you is a fresh perspective on the challenges you face. Through a range of techniques that we know to be successful, we will help you to identify issues and select the most effective solution.

We will work with you to acheive our common objective - to make your business as successful as it possibly can be.

Surely there's a risk of spending money on consultants and acheiving nothing?

We understand the pressures on your budget, and the pressure to cut costs. And we understand that the step of bringing in an external organisation is a major one.

We will make the process easier, by giving you full justification of the benefits we hope to acheive. Our initial survey and benefit analysis could be completed in as little as one day, costing as little as £200.

Following this, you will know exactly what the potential financial benefits are, and you can make an informed decision on whether you want to proceed.

Rob Walters will be happy to discuss your requirements and the ways in which we are able to help you.