IKEA offers its customers the possibility to scan and pay products themselves at self-service checkouts. Using the self-service checkouts gives many customers pleasure and reduces their waiting time. As another example, Allianz offers customers the possibility to change and check their personal data in the online customer portal.
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Tobias is doctoral student and has created process-pattern.app as a side project. His research is on data-driven process improvement.
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Empower workers for more decision-making authority
Delegate and optimize your operations
Avoid shared responsibilities for tasks by people from different functional units
Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities
Start implementing actions that can offset or counterbalance the environmental effects generated by business processes that cannot be changed.
Offer a green alternative with the same outcome, utilizing different steps, resources, or partners, while retaining the previous existing process
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Allocate task based on past feedback or quality metrics