Digital Efficiency Consulting Group – Resources
Small improvements create real change.
Process optimization is mostly repeat-work removal. This post walks through a 30-minute mapping exercise, shows where waste hides, and includes a quick 15-minute time study you can run on a single transaction. It also adds example improvements and diagnostic questions to uncover repeat work quickly.
Standardization doesn’t kill creativity. It kills rework, confusion, and the endless “which version do you use?” conversations. LEGO’s turnaround shows how constraints can make systems faster and teams more inventive. Use the 3-layer model to standardize inputs, default workflows, and exceptions without turning your process into bureaucracy.
Complexity doesn’t show up as a single problem. It shows up as thousands of tiny choices, templates, exceptions, and workarounds. LEGO learned the hard way that uncontrolled variation turns into a tax on your people, your systems, and your supply chain. This post gives you a fast ‘13,000 Parts Audit’ to find the mess and remove one version that’s slowing everything down.