Improvement Sustainability Control Methods

Question: Discuss about the Improvement Sustainability Control Methods. Answer: Introduction There are many methods that can be used to maintain and control the improvement sustainability of a consultancy project. In any consultancy or other business organizations, constant improvements are introduced for enhancing business performance. However, the improvements must be sustainable in order to gain maximum benefits. The methods to control sustainability for a consultancy project (Boston Consulting Group for the current case study) have been discussed in this report. Methods to Control Sustainability The following are the methods that are used by Boston Consulting Group to control improvement sustainability improvement. Market Foresight Improvement is triggered by a change in the dynamic market and hence, market foresight is necessary to control the sustainability of improvement in the consultancy project (Ltzkendorf and Lorenz 2015). Market foresight includes prediction of future market changes, possible risks and chances of expansion. Improvement Control Sustainability of an improvement can be controlled by controlling the improvement itself by adding several modifications based on the changes in the market as well as appearance of the risks that might threaten to stop the benefits of the improvement (Roman and Widmark 2016). Automated Measurement System This helps in maintaining sustainability of improvement for a consultancy project. The automated system can automatically analyze the working and benefits of the improvements and provide suitable modifications that can be used for controlling the sustainability of the improvements. Preparation of a Control Plan A suitable control plan is always needed for preparing a design that incorporates analysis, use and control of different aspects related to business and improvements (Nuhoff-Isakhanyan et al. 2016). This control plan contains the overall blueprint of the improvement as well as well plans for suitable modifications for sustainability of improvement. Integration of Control Systems Often, consultancies operate in different fields of the market with various services and hence, improvements are done to each field once necessity arises due to changing market conditions. However, these improvements are managed separately and hence; issues often arise on the factor of sustainability. One improvement for one department might not be beneficial for other departments (Sjblom, Andersson and Skerratt 2016). As a result, overall benefit cannot be gained. In order to solve this issue, an integration control systems is necessary. An integrated control system will manage all improvements from one centre by balancing with all the different departments. Due to this, the sustainability of the improvements can be maintained and controlled for the consultancy projects. It is to be kept in mind that using all these methods, only a part of the sustainability can be controlled. This is because, the sustainability of improvement also depends largely on the changes in the market, which is not under the control of the consulting company. Conclusion In this report, a brief idea of improvement sustainability control methods have been provided. A consulting company can use these methods to control the sustainability of improvements applied in the business in the context of the market condition. However, the market is always dynamic and hence, sustainability of improvements also depend on the condition of the market that cannot be controlled. Hence, the control can be done only from the management side for as much as possible. References Ltzkendorf, T. and Lorenz, D., 2015. Sustainable Design, Investment and Value.Design Economics for the Built Environment: Impact of Sustainability on Project Evaluation, pp.137-151. Nuhoff-Isakhanyan, G., Wubben, E.F., Omta, O.S. and Pascucci, S., 2016. Network structure in sustainable agro-industrial parks.Journal of Cleaner Production,141, pp.1209-1220. Roman, J. and Widmark, O., 2016. Individual activities within IT consultancy firms: How the individual efficiency within IT consultancy firms could be increased by improving individual activities. Sjblom, S., Andersson, K. and Skerratt, S., 2016.Sustainability and short-term policies: improving governance in spatial policy interventions. Routledge.