We help businesses streamline, organise and optimise business processes to build a high performing operation. Our integrated approach to business process excellence covers architecting, governing, improving, automating & optimising processes.
Mission
Our mission is to build a high performing organisation through business process excellence.
At the heart of every high performing business are efficient processes, well architected and designed to an optimum, automated for straight through end-to-end processing, delivering a superb customer and staff experience, and continuous monitored, managed and improved by leaders and frontline staff alike.
This mission of process excellence is central to creating thriving workplaces, retaining and growing revenue, and optimising cost. Achieving this mission is central to any transformation agenda.
Capability
We are deep process experts with a significant background in Business Process Management (BPM), Lean and Six Sigma (LSS), intelligent process automation using a variety of automation strategies and solutions spanning Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR), Low-Code Platform Services and more. Our team of process Master Black Belts and Black Belts (to borrow ‘belt’ parlance from Lean Six Sigma) have driven large-scale process transformation across various sectors and business areas, have lectured and trained several thousand staff, and delivered extensive improvement portfolios.
In particular, we have solved complex challenges in high-throughput transaction processing and optimising large-scale administrative work processes in operations centres spanning banking & financial services, logistics, aged & disability care, and telecommunications, amongst others. Similarly, we are specialists in physical value stream optimisation across a range of physical processes including manufacturing (process and discrete), hospitals and patient flow, fast moving consumer goods, and resources sectors for CSG well delivery, amongst others.
We have engineered an advanced Business Process Excellence framework that integrates three classical, often distinct, approaches in Process Management, Process Improvement, and Process Automation. This framework pragmatically blends the best of Lean, Six Sigma, BPM and more, within a five-stage maturity model, that delivers superior results while building long-term internal capability.
Outcomes
- Clarity in well defined, cleanly architected processes
- Leadership, governance and alignment around process ownership
- Insight into process performance, productivity and root cause
- Consistency in execution through well-trained and well-adopted procedures
- Efficiency by reducing effort & delays, removing waste and optimising work
- Effectiveness through quality assurance, mistake-proofing & standardisation
- Compliance through risk reduction, active controls & strong documentation
- Automation and complete process digitisation end to end
- Delight in the customer experience and customer retention
- Elevation of staff away towards higher value activity
What We Do
We support organisations looking to implement any of the various approaches to process transformation.
Process
Management
Strategies that bring discipline, organisation and ownership to processes as a formal capability for any organisation. Our services in Process Management enable businesses to move to become process-capable organisations by engaging leaders in the journey to governing processes, defining what great looks like from high to low levels of detail, ensuring process performance is measured and managed, and bringing the software tools and standards to ensure the enterprise is process-aligned.
Process
Improvement
Global best practices in process improvement to optimise process performance, throughput, cost and quality through smarter redesign of work and flow across processes of any size or complexity. Our methods extend in particular to high-volume transactional and production contexts, where we focus on streamlining work, reducing complexity, minimising queue and touch time, and delivering a transformed customer experience.
Process
Automation
Breakthrough approaches to agile, low-capital process automation with software solutions that fit in and around existing platforms, delivering end to end workflow, digital forms and documents, robotic process automation, and more. We provide services to build the internal capabilities to deliver automation strategy, software, methods and frameworks for long-term success.
Process
Excellence
Our approach, built on years of deep expertise leading process transformation, that integrates process management, process improvement and process automation into a single framework to accelerate outcomes and improve long-term success. This framework is based on a five-stage maturity model that guides organisations from low maturity towards advanced capabilities, rightsized and tailored for their context and desired outcomes.
Process Platforms
There are a range of software solutions that deliver the process transformation capabilities above, and as vendor-neutral advisors we have experience supporting clients in sourcing and implementing solutions to drive optimum outcomes.
Our firsthand expertise with the platforms above spans all lifecycle stages from strategy, to selection, to implementation and beyond.
Our Process Excellence Framework
Our approach to process excellence defines a five-stage maturity model and an integrated approach across process management, process improvement and process automation that provides a blueprint for transforming businesses towards high-performing, process-capable organisations.
Each box above represents a business area with its related platforms and processes. We think of these in multiple "pillars", shown at the top, representing collections of platforms and processes in broad groups like Corporate Services, Operations, Customer and so on. Importantly, "Your Line of Business" shown at the right represents any given client's platforms and processes specific to their sector and business. At the bottom, we show the enterprise-wide platforms that span multiple functions and processes.
Our Track Record
We prize our client relationships and work hard to deliver great outcomes. We're proud to maintain a long and referenceable list of successes.
Testimonials
I worked alongside Exent in producing our Enterprise Architecture best practise and product guidance on Procurement and Attend to Pay platforms. Exent were very quick to understand our various business challenges and produced a comprehensive roadmap of prioritised changes. I would have no hesitation recommending their work in the space of enterprise architecture and platform sourcing.
Exent were engaged by New Hope to provide senior level resources for an ERP implementation project. We were specifically looking for someone to carry New Hope’s best interests and keep our implementation software partner on track for a multi-year program of work. As the General Manager of Technology I was responsible for the successful outcome of the program and I knew I would need top talent. I found the Exent resources were very capable and experienced and exactly what we needed. As well, the Exent leadership team were very hands on and I was able to leverage their expertise in other areas of my business as well. I would recommend Exent for Program Management resources.
Exent were engaged to help select an award interpretation platform and deliver HCM architectural & design guidance. We found their consultants had great domain depth and explained the outcomes clearly and with justification. Would work with Exent again in the future.
Multicap engaged Exent to complete a Technology Roadmap to inform investments in technology as well as a high level overview of a Target Operating Model (TOM) for the organisation. We found Exent consultants to be knowledgeable and able to work with key stakeholders at many levels to inform both pieces of work they were engaged to deliver. Their communication and reporting was clear and concise and they engaged well at all levels across our organisation. Multicap values the relationship it has with Exent and will consider using them again in further work as we continue to expand our services.
Joe and the team at Exent were the foundation of what has become an evolving transformation and process automation journey. Joe invested time in helping us build a sound platform of knowledge and understanding prior to formally engaging with us on our initial process automaton project. Exent were able to apply skills, knowledge and experience to our business gain from working in other industries and gave us confidence that despite being a medium size business, we were on the track and real solutions were possible and cost effective to realise. Thank you Joe & Exent – the skills transferred to our team have been invaluable in helping us mature as a business.
Exent were bought in to advise on Enterprise Architecture best practise and product guidance on Procurement and Attend to Pay platforms. Exent consultants worked fast to get a good understanding of the various business unit challenges and articulated a clear vision for the future direction of our firm. Definitely recommend Exent for platform sourcing, selection and design.
Exent were engaged by DDH to assist with a range of technology strategy and automation initiatives. Exent implemented an innovative robotic process automation solution for us, and successfully handled the complexities of our core platforms and work systems. This solution was delivered well and we found Exent’s consultants were professional, productive and brought real value to our team. We continued to engage Exent to build a long-term technology architecture and roadmap, and to review and guide the strategy around a large core system replacement – both strategically important pieces of work. Exent have demonstrated strong depth of experience and ability to partner that we continue to value today.
We were looking at potential HCM solutions and engaged Exent to advise on HCM design and select and award interpretation platform. Exent delivered a comprehensive review with real actions that we have carried forward into implementation. I would have no hesitation in working with Exent again in the future.
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