Continuous Improvement
The Continuous Improvements Group promotes the role of continuous improvements methodology and practice as a key driver of quality and efficiency in shared services, outsourcing and IT and provides a platform for those working in continuous improvement across the ASPIRE community to share experience, best practice and innovation.
Three sub groups have been established in Finance, HR and IT, which meet on a quarterly basis to explore areas such as those below. The group also organises an annual conference. The group also has it own virtual platform on the ASPIRE website which includes a dedicated discussion forum, news, events, resource centre and blog.
If your organisation is also debating these and similar topics, or provides solutions in these areas, then the Continuous Improvements Group provides an effective support platform to progress the discussion.
Finance:
- Local versus centralized documents scanning
- Bar coding and early archiving of AP documents – paperless office
- Improvement of image quality by scanning software
- Optical Character recognition – project implementation and results
- Receiving of invoices in PDF format to outlook
- Challenges of e-invoicing (number of vendors willing to join the process, security issues, legislation limitations)
HR:
- Components of the HR operating model
- Roles and responsibilities in the HR operating model
- Recharges in the HR Operating Model
- Impact of the HR Operating model on Continuous Improvement
- Generation of Continuous Improvement ideas
- Change Management in Continuous Improvement
- HR process management – centralization vs. decentralized processes
- Challenges in HR processes optimization
IS:
- IS operating model concept
- IS team in Financial service centres
- New initiatives related to IS improvements
- History and concept of SAP P1
- Role of Finance Governance
PMI SCE is the Champion of the Continuous Improvements Expert Group.
Membership of the group is open to all ASPIRE members and associate members.
