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Case Study 2019: The power of planning to transform the business at British Engineering Services

How flexible resourcing and strategic use of planning helped them stand out from competitors on service and create a new, one team culture that’s doubled sales and raised month-end service by 50%.

Case Study 2019: Powerful insight drives a new operating model at Capita PIP

See how data-driven optimisation and a robust operational governance framework transformed this field-based service and became a benchmark for group-wide best practice.

Case Study 2019: Make it personal: one more thing to help colleagues at EE

A real shift of mindset in Planning means they are delivering solutions that, a year ago, many considered impossible. This comes from placing ‘personal’, a key company value, at the heart of their thinking.

Case Study 2019: Love to Listen: agent-led flexibility and change at Anglian Water

See how an experienced planning function joins up the business, helping teams embrace the need for change and reclaim the No:1 spot for service in the regulator’s ranking.

Case Study 2018: Planning for Engineers in Water Maintenance at Anglian Water

See how engaging the people who do the work and building a database of knowledge has enabled smarter schedules that cut backlogs, devolved responsibilities and controlled risks.

2018 Case Study: Enabling agility in learning at RS Components

Development, great communication and empowering people is fuelling success at RS, underpinned by inspiring leadership, an innovative People Framework and the self-funding Enable team.

Case Study 2018: Achieving performance in partnership, with insight at FSCS

Dramatic service improvements resulted from a new, shared customer mindset, with data-driven decisions and real partnership between outsourcers, corporate functions & the operations team.

2018 Case Study: Planning drives change in the field and across the business at ADT

The Resource and Planning (R&P) Team at ADT Fire & Security has engaged with colleagues across the business to improve ways of working, identify efficiencies and provide insightful and timely management information. 

Case Study 2018: Effortless success and rebuilding trust at HomeServe

How switching focus from sales to customer experience, employees and the community has increased HomeServe’s engagement and customer satisfaction scores to 86% and 79.9% respectively.

2018 Case Study: Making good conversations great at Sky UK

See how a collaborative approach to implementing speech analytics has lifted retention six points in the first teams and transformed operations at Sky Save, for both customers and colleagues.

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