Five organisations help launch new Business Accreditation Framework 831 Filed under - Archived Content BT, NHS Direct, RBS, RSA and Tesco Bank launched the new business accreditation framework, developed by the Professional Planning Forum and its members, a process that is designed to give external, independent evidence about the success of an organisation’s planning function. The pioneer organisations attended a launch workshop to equip them with the tools and information needed to embark on the benchmarking process. A detailed and robust self-assessment process is used to review how the function works and the impact it is achieving, using a detailed framework that identifies the level of maturity evidenced in each of the key planning capabilities. External peer assessment validates this and provides benchmark information, and a full report and roadmap for further development is produced. Steve Woosey “The real strength of the business accreditation process is that it not only provides a fantastic external benchmarking of an organisation’s planning function against industry-developed standards, but at the same time gives participants an invaluable learning experience from carrying out the self- and peer-assessments,” explains Steve Woosey, Chief Executive of the Planning Forum. “And that is before you even take into account the industry-wide recognition of your company’s commitment to planning best practice,” he continued. Tracy Johnson, Operations Planning Lead Personal Sales & Service, RSA, agreed, ‘This is a great opportunity for companies to ‘stop and take stock’ of where they are as a business. Achieving accreditation will really be recognised in the industry as well as in your own business as being real ‘expertise’ business partners…it is refreshing how passionate people are about making a difference in the business.’ Steve Grainger, Head of Partner Relations, General Insurance, TESCO Bank, confirms: “Our genuine ambition is to be the best end-to-end Operational Planning & MI function in our industry, so working with the Planning Forum and benchmarking ourselves across other organisations will help us define what good really looks like. The accreditation process itself presents a structured approach to evaluating where we are now and identifying areas for improvements, which will then help shape our continuous improvement programme for the next 12 months…’ Author: Jo Robinson Published On: 8th Aug 2012 - Last modified: 22nd Mar 2017 Read more about - Archived Content Contact Centre Reports, Surveys and White Papers Get the latest exciting call centre reports, specialist whitepapers and interesting case-studies. Choose the content that you want to receive. Contact Centre Reports, Surveys and White Papers Invites to exclusive Webinars & Events Weekly Newsletter