Hard benefits

When a business needs to generate savings, start a new operation from scratch, solve a backlog problem or get to grips with a quality crisis, oee understands what is required. Our customers will turn to us when they need things to happen quickly and decisively. We are often used as “insurance policy” by large brands or public sector bodies who, launching a new high profile initiative, want to make sure they avoid appearing in newspaper headlines. Our record in helping organisations in this area is second to none.

Soft benefits

Whilst financial savings are uppermost in the minds of nearly all business people, it may surprise you to learn that oee spends a large proportion of its time working on the softer benefits that come from operations improvement.

Continuous improvement, using the creativity and knowledge from front line staff, is a central theme of our work. By engaging these people in the design phase of the change process, oee makes sure that all stakeholders feel involved.  When staff see that they have a real say in what is happening at work and their voice is finally being heard, it has a significant and positive impact upon employee engagement.

Many of the people involved in the projects and programmes we deliver become so passionate that about lean and continuous improvement that they train to become internal lean champions themselves. Some of these people have become senior executives in their organisations.

Certainty of outcome

Our people come from real business and have been subject to the rigour of monthly P&L pressures. Unlike many of our competitors we do not subscribe to the usual consulting model. When you use oee you are certain that you will be working with someone who understands your business very quickly and who will have first hand experience of the sort of everyday pressures that you will be under.

This empathy means that we will work around your commitments and constraints and we will do what it takes to ensure you receive a great piece of work for the price we originally agreed.