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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Process Days Conference Program available
Get Set! The program for Leonardo Process Days 2009, August 3-6, in Sydney Australia, has been released. Check it out!
I am really looking forward to this conference and I would love to share a drink and a story with you. You can register now on the Leonardo website. Let me know if you are going; as I would like to share our thoughts and expectations leading up to, and after the event.
Are you going? Add a comment to let me know what you would like to get out of the conference or why you may not be attending this year?
Tagged Conference, Leonardo, Process Days
Where’s the Customer?
How is process demonstrated in Real-Life? In a good way – a magnificent moment, or more commonly like this…
Last week I had my first “And they call that a process!” moment since I started this blog, it has only taken a few weeks for this to happen.
There I was, minding my own business, doing my daily check of my Post Office Box. One of the contents was a non-descript – window faced envelope. Thinking it was a bill, or boring government mail I did not open it and left it for later processing. (Coincidentally I also dropped into the bank that day to deposit a cheque, something that I don’t do very often – why is this relevant? You will see)
Later that night I opened the letter to find a Remittance Advice and attached cheque for $3.70. It was from the South Australian Government, Motor Registration Office (note that the last time we paid car registration was over 6 months ago).
There was no letter explaining the remittance, the description did not tell me anything, it just said “Other”.
My question for you (especially if you work in a process area at Motor Registration) is, Where is the customer in this process? Why did you send me a cheque for such a small amount, putting me through the effort to bank it and the associated intrigue, definitely reducing the value that I get from your processes?
The unfortunate part is that no-one will probably be very surprised by this example. Do you have a similar story to share?