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Table 10.5 TPA implementation stages                                                                             10
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                                  Scoping study     Trial and prove the route   Milestone 1 roll-out   Milestone 2 Refine best practice
                                                                               (everyone involved)     and  standardize

                  Establish       Prioritize pilot   Awareness and training to   Systematically involve all   Review and refine practices
                  TPA             options, evaluate   develop understanding and   personnel in:        to systemize routine tasks,
                  infrastructure   perceptions, agree   skills in the use of  TPA   Workplace organization   and trap problems early.
                  Small group     pilot programme,   techniques.               Developing written      Shift from individual to
                  activity        infrastructure/roles   Establish measurement   standards for routine   group-based work. Study
                                  and mobilize      process. Identify roadblocks   activities          and improve office tools
                                                    to progress through the    Improving customer      (paperwork and ledgers).
                                                    systematic application of  the   service           Analyse and reduce
                                                    improvement plan. Develop   Identifying hidden losses   duplication, simplify,
                                                    a model of  TPA and raise                          combine and eliminate tasks
                                                    awareness benefits. Add                            where possible.
                                                    detail to the roll-out concept
                  Organization    Define pilot roles   Review and refine current   Transfer of  lessons   Refine standards and
                  learning        and responsibilities,  policy to address issues   learned to other areas.   introduce a continuous
                  Delivering      identify awareness   raised by the pilot team.   Establish standards for all   improvement habit. Reduce
                  improved        and training needs   Establish job core      areas and agreed work   lead times and introduce
                  customer service                  competences                schedules to deliver    automatic progress co-
                                                                               customer service goals   ordination processes
                  Top-down        Understand and    Integrate the activities of  the   Establish roll-out   Encourage a ‘one is best’
                  Create the      define customer   core team within the TPM   priorities. Reinforce   campaign, e.g. one-page
                  environment     needs. Critically   master plan. Co-ordinate the   standards for workplace   memos, one copy filed, etc.
                  Set priorities, set   assess the priority   development of  audit/   organization. Focus on   Aim to reduce filing space
                  expectations, give  of  those needs and   coaching framework and   making tasks easy to do   by 50%. Focus on fool-
                  recognition     evaluate current   links with personal       right. Encourage a 30-   proofing and systemization
                                  status            development plans          second information      (difficult to do wrong)
                                                                               retrieval campaign
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