One of the newest areas of modern business development consulting is the professional approach to ‘automation and control’. The primary purpose of this consulting is to ensure the most stable, predictable, continuous, and effective operation of any business. LENS CONSULTING GROUP accomplishes this practical goal by assessing, developing, and managing key processes, systems, and components of automation and control.

Automation

Although automation is now a well-known and beloved concept, few firms can effectively compile professional solutions, plan their application, define the required tasks, and manage their implementation. This start-to-finish approach is a novel professional discipline, and it requires specialised knowledge and experience to execute it at the highest levels. That is the reason why LENS occupies a special place on the market. Many companies around the world are involved in the automation of factories, companies, and businesses, but their development focuses mainly on system design, procurement, and maintenance. A successful development requires a more in-depth strategy.

Sharp lenses for labour market challenges

It is important for clients to have their business scrutinised objectively, through the sharpest lens. They want a clear picture of the potential threats, cost-saving options, and process acceleration opportunities that are present in any given workflow. The excess demand in the labour market has become a factor at the global level, especially where businesses are built on producing quality products or services. The recruitment of qualified workers, their integration into an organisation, and the retention of employees impose a significant financial burden on employers. Employee turnover rates pose bigger and bigger challenges year after year. When coupled with potential human resources failures,  businesses aiming for profitability and progress face serious issues.

At the same time, it is also clear that workforces representing high added value will remain essential for businesses in current market conditions; so as a primary decision-maker, we also need to give special consideration to that when designing a system or determining the degree of automation. Additionally, the reason for our development needs — i.e. the optimisation of processes to achieve higher profits  — is also taken into account. As a result, the importance of automation has increased, and there is a growing need for technologies, methodologies, and complex solutions that reduce labour demand while improving quality and cost-efficiency, all of which directly lead to an increase in profits.

Complex consulting and LENS

Real development, however, requires complex consulting from the early investment planning stage. It is especially critical at that stage since it lays the groundwork for the entire process. Of course, there are standard processes and structures, but every development process is different, so while experience is needed, customisation is indispensable. And that requires a full understanding of business expectations. According to its refined protocols, LENS places a lot of emphasis on the owner’s goals during the review process while providing in-depth, professional guidance. At this point, LENS identifies core elements that are needed to achieve such goals, but which are either not present in the partner’s current operation or are ineffective in their current form. Also, LENS identifies elements that hinder these goals. In other words, this ‘check-up’ not only provides the partner with a general picture of the effectiveness of their current operation, but it also clearly determines the critical points of the development process. Through the expert analysis and professional design of processes, it gives a significant competitive advantage to the business owners that engage in this deliberate planning. The consulting team conducts analyses, status assessments, feasibility studies, and various kinds of modelling to get a complex, transparent picture of the business’s state before making an investment, and to gain factual data and documentation to assist the final decision on directions for development. Besides the sophisticated investment advice, the partner should be assisted with similar efficiency regarding automation improvements to their existing systems. That requires the knowledge and consistent application and installation of state-of-the-art solutions, which, again, require specialised experience and expertise from the consultant. In every single case, the guidance has to be tailor-made and specific to the current situation, and most of all, it needs to take into account the owner’s goals, requirements, and the subsequent operational conditions. Before entering the implementation phase, an overall budget and resource planning must be conducted based on the collected information, which means the client must be presented with complex documentation.

The significance of automation is continuously growing, and just as in the case of other legal, tax, or business development areas, finding the best consulting partner for it will be essential in ensuring the ongoing development of any business.