Kevin Bonfield is the Founder and Managing Partner of Concentre, a boutique consultancy partnering with mid-market, private equity-backed companies to propel growth, accelerate exits, and maximize returns. With over 20 years of management consulting, business development, and operations experience, he has advised clients, including Southwest Airlines and Tesla. Kevin is also the Co-owner of EcoClean Austin, an award-winning, environmentally friendly dry cleaner, and is a member of EO Dallas.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- [2:25] Kevin Bonfield shares how he transitioned from law school to consulting
- [3:57] How technology and process improvements helped optimize a logistics call center
- [7:45] Data optimization processes for informed decision-making
- [10:11] The importance of process documentation for operational consistency and scalability
- [15:04] Offshoring’s role in business operations and how processes support global teams
- [18:26] AI and automation in process improvement and data analysis
In this episode:
Some businesses face bottlenecks in their operations when scaling, like process inefficiencies and unstructured data. Without effective systems, growth can lead to increased costs rather than improved profitability. How can companies streamline operations, leverage data effectively, and integrate AI without creating more complexity?
Business consultant Kevin Bonfield recommends establishing clear processes before automating, ensuring businesses capture and use data effectively. Companies should identify existing data in systems such as call center software before aligning it with their desired business outcomes. To improve process efficiency, you can also implement structured metrics like service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).
In this episode of Systems Simplified, Adi Klevit interviews Kevin Bonfield, Founder and Managing Partner at Concentre, about leveraging AI, data, and processes for business growth. Kevin explains how structured processes drive operational efficiency, the right way to integrate automation, and the role of data in decision-making.
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Quotable Moments:
- "If you try and automate before you have foundational elements, you’ll get a consistently bad outcome."
- "Process is about getting consistency so we can move on to higher-order, more interesting problems."
- "The challenge now isn’t a lack of data; it’s simplifying it so people know what matters."
- "Scaling isn’t just growth; it’s making one plus one equal three, not just adding more resources."
- "AI and automation only work if you have the right data and structured processes in place first."
Action Steps:
- Establish clear process documentation: Defining and documenting workflows ensures consistency, efficiency, and scalability within an organization. Without clear processes, businesses risk inefficiencies, miscommunication, and difficulty training new employees.
- Use data to drive decisions: Instead of relying on assumptions, analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs) to measure success. This approach helps companies identify inefficiencies and make informed operational improvements.
- Refine processes before automating: Automating broken or inefficient workflows only amplifies existing issues and leads to unreliable results. By optimizing processes first, businesses can ensure automation enhances efficiency rather than creating additional problems.
- Leverage daily reporting for accountability: Sending structured reports on key metrics helps teams track performance and identify areas for improvement. This regular feedback loop encourages proactive problem-solving and operational consistency.
- Integrate AI with structured data: AI is most effective when built on clean, well-organized data that aligns with business goals. Ensuring data quality before implementing AI prevents errors and maximizes the benefits of automation.
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