TY - THES ID - 148637066 TI - Evaluation and optimization of the F&A process team through the axes methodology, organization, communication, tools and systems, change management and services offered AU - Ewbank, Gaëlle AU - Van Caillie, Didier AU - Lisein, Olivier AU - Leruth, Sophie AU - Reinhardt, Eric PY - 2017 PB - Liège Université de Liège (ULiège) DB - UniCat KW - Business process management, postal operator, operational excellence, continuous improvement, organization, methodology, services offered, tools and systems, communication, change management, process improvement KW - Sciences économiques & de gestion > Comptabilité & audit UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:148637066 AB - bpost is Belgium’s leading postal operator and universal service provider. bpost offers 
addressed and unaddressed mail services, and efficient, high-quality business and 
administrative communication solutions. bpost is well-positioned on the Belgian parcel 
delivery market thanks to the wide range of delivery options and an outstanding international 
network. 

The project developed in this thesis was undertaken in the Financial and Accounting 
department of bpost (F&A), within a team supporting the department in terms of process improvement and operational excellence: the F&A process team. Recently, F&A experienced several organizational changes, including the creation of a shared service center named “Global Services Operations” (GSO) in April 2016. As key actor of the operational excellence within F&A, the F&A process team wants to improve itself. They expect a fresh, impartial, analytical and scientific approach regarding their work. They want to apply the best practices of their colleagues/(competitors) to better satisfy their clients (namely F&A and particularly the GSO) and their management. Thus, the project consists of the evaluation and optimization of the F&A Process team through the axes of methodology, organization, communication, tools and systems, change management and services offered. 

In a first phase, audits have been carried out. On the one hand, it helped develop a better understanding of the context; on the other hand, it allowed to establish the evaluation of the F&A process team through its “present state”. Moreover, research was performed in the scientific literature as well as on the internet. Then, internal and external benchmarking was 
conducted. Firstly, knowledge was shared with the process teams of other departments within 
bpost. Secondly, benchmarking with advanced companies in terms of business process 
management and continuous improvements was accomplished. Afterwards, the expectations 
of the F&A process team’s clients have been collected. Finally, the outputs of all these approaches have been gathered and analyzed. All this led to the formulation of 
recommendations in each of the investigation domains: methodology, organization, 
communication, tools and systems, change management and services offered. ER -