Abstract
The headwind of the global economic crisis on organisations is dictating a new form of more economically viable and sustainable models of operation. However, many of the really innovative models of operation take place in the softer re-working of certain consultancy-led systems methodologies. This paper examines the Vanguard Method (Seddon, 2003) as applied to service operations by investigating its impact on organisational resource utilisation and cost reduction. Two longitudinal case studies, carried out over two and a half years, were conducted in two UK private sector organisations using semi-structured interviews, at different levels, followed by the collection of documentary evidence. The case studies show significant improvement in their organisational ability to utilise resources and reduce costs. In addition, analysis shows that demand predictability, waste reduction, and demand one stop resolution were the main factors associated with cost reduction. The value of this paper is the identification of factors promoting the cost reduction of applying the Vanguard Method to service organisations.
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