Articles by Diana Hvistendahl, PMP
Blog Archive
Front-End: Making Our Workflow Tools Work for Us
As we move into a new phase of our Front-End process and system improvement efforts at IWCO Direct, we are focusing mainly on how to improve our speed-to-production—in other words, how quickly we can collect all client input and create instructions for our production departments. Back in November, Debora Haskel was on a flight and […]
How Our Front-End Project is Reducing Cycle Time for Our Teams (and Improving Speed-to-Market for Our Clients)
Since my October update on our workflow efficiency initiatives, we’ve been training all our Account Management teams to follow an improved front-end process. Leading up to October, a group of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from Estimating, Sales, Scheduling, Outsourcing, Planning, Purchasing, Product Engineering (PE), Client Services, and Content Development analyzed, streamlined, and vetted every process [...]
Lessons from Launching a Learning Management System
Back in September, I introduced readers to our Learning Management System (LMS), a tool that helps us train new employees and empower existing ones with new skills. This system allows IWCO Direct to provide more efficient service to our clients as well as influence the long-term direction of the company through the education of our […]
Staff Training Makes Our New Workflow More Efficient Right Off the Bat
As Pat Sondreal mentioned in his September 21 post, we started the rollout of our new and improved front-end system this year, which is designed to enhance our direct marketing workflow. Every process, from initial request for quote to a job’s release to production, was analyzed and streamlined, and IT implemented several technology enhancements […]
How Our Learning Management System Supports Efficiency
Providing the best service possible for our clients requires having a highly educated workforce. Our new learning management system (LMS) supports that focus, letting us load eLearning courses, assign them to employees, track their progress, and report training status to leadership—and increase efficiency in the work we do with our clients. Integrating a Learning Management […]
