To meet the challenges posed by their environment, companies are increasingly relying on operational performance. But while achieving Excellence is difficult, maintaining it is a challenge of an entirely different magnitude.
Once implemented, Operational Excellence brings real benefits by avoiding any waste and improving both the productivity, fluidity and agility of Operations, and ultimately the financial results. Preserving this framework that supports the development and resilience of companies is therefore just as crucial as the initial path to achieving it. «We too often see a desire for change in itself, a temptation to follow «modes» that are the opposite of agility and continuous improvement,» says Jean-Claude Douthe, founder of Valessentia.
Visual management, the key to the sustainability of operational excellence
It is therefore essential to maintain a vision of what is truly important: the fundamentals of the company. Visual, concrete management, in direct contact with the processes and integrating a holistic dimension, provides the established processes with the necessary robustness and ensures the expansion and prosperity of the company. Valessentia has therefore implemented simple, visual and interactive digital tools that are easily and cost-effectively integrated into the core processes: Valessentia Solutions.
But for Jean-Claude Douthe, the key lies in Valessentia’s different approach: «Visual management is essential for understanding and the evolutionary nature of processes, by making the real issues clear and understandable through indicators that guide resources. But digitalization should not make the process a tool that enslaves the user. The visual management system must ensure the sustainability of performance in serenity.» Thus, by making digitalization a means and not an end, Valessentia Solutions anchors Operational Excellence as a driver to ensure the expansion and prosperity of SMEs and mid-sized companies.
