8. Continuous improvement
Continuous Improvement is all about recognising that going digital is an ongoing journey. It’s focused on making things better and smoother for your team and your business, ensuring that you continuously refine and enhance your workflows, automation, and technology integrations.
What Is It?
Continuous Improvement is a recurring monthly service designed to help you discover new ways to benefit from your technology investments while implementing configurations that drive growth and efficiency. It’s about continuously optimising your tools, tailoring them to your unique business requirements, and providing ongoing support and training to ensure your technology remains adaptable and aligned with your team.
Why does it matter?
Continuous Improvement is crucial because it helps you stay competitive, efficient, and adaptive. It's so important it's one of the things that makes Who we are . By constantly refining your processes and technologies, you can:
Benefit 
Description 
Improved Workflows
Streamlines and automates processes, eliminating bottlenecks and reducing errors for increased productivity.
Smarter Automations
Enhances your automated systems to reduce manual work and errors, leading to more efficient operations.
Joined-up Tech
Ensures seamless integration of various systems for easy information sharing and better collaboration.
Teamwork and Business Sense
Improves team interactions and communication, strengthening overall business operations.
Data-Driven Decisions
Helps collect and analyse data to make informed decisions and foster continuous growth.
Satisfaction
Leads to happier teams and customers through improved workflows, automations, and technology.
Agility and Growth
Keeps your business agile and ready for future challenges, ensuring continuous adaptation and improvement.
What’s included in Yopla’s service?
Our Continuous Improvement service includes:
Included 
Description
The Work
Our team on hand and engaged. Making suggestions for approval before implementing them within your tech eco system. We collaborate to keep your tech delivering for your people.
Project Management
Our team manages your improvement initiatives like a software project. We identify features and functions that make a difference, create timetables, and fund them when the time is right.
Ongoing Consultation
Stay inspired with ongoing demonstrations of cutting-edge technology and best practices to keep your team ahead of the curve.
Solutions Experts
Our experts are here to turn those changes into reality, providing the necessary support and expertise to implement improvements effectively.
What Do You Need from Us?
All our work is managed within our Plans portal, an easy-to-use, task-by-task interface that lets you assign tasks to the relevant people in your team, view progress, and communicate with our team. This platform keeps you informed and on track every step of the way.
We need active participation, including providing access to necessary data, engaging in the collaboration process, and being willing to answer our analysis questions. The hard work is on us, ensuring you have a seamless experience throughout the process.
How Do I Get Started?
If you love the idea and would like to get started, the team would love to chat. Email us at team@yopla.co.uk or click below to meet one of our fantastic team members at a time that works for you.
FAQs
How long does continuous improvement take?
Continuous Improvement is an ongoing process tailored to your needs, typically spanning multiple years for full implementation, but with regular reviews and updates to ensure steady progress.
Can you do quick improvements?
Absolutely! We can offer small-scale transformations, but we recommend completing our maturity and mapping work first to lay a solid foundation for success.
What does a continuous improvement contract look like?
Typically, a continuous improvement contract spans 12, 24, or 36 months and auto-renews annually to ensure ongoing support.
What does implementation typically cost?
This varies greatly but a typical subscription will be £100 to £200 per head, our smallest non consultancy subscription is £5000pcm. Our average subscription is £9250pcm.
Where does continuous improvement fit in?
Continuous Improvement runs alongside your digital transformation, with new ideas and opportunities noted down to become part of future changes.
Is my data safe?
Yes, we record and log everything securely with end-to-end encryption and in line with our data and cyber security policies.
Do I need an NDA?
No, but we can provide one immediately upon request.
What happens if my processes are really bad?
We will let you know, visualise the issues, and provide a detailed report with guidance on moving towards optimal processes. We may recommend further maturity evaluations, mapping or forecasting.
Does your AI learn from our data?
No, our models never train on your conversations or data and are isolated to avoid this.