Financial services

94% improvement in conversion rate for mortgages through lead time reduction

BUSINESS CONTEXT

  • Leading Dutch bank.
  • Multi Site.
  • Decreasing mortgage market share & margin.
  • Cost structure not aligned with new circumstances.

CUSTOMER NEED

  • Improve Labour Productivity.
  • Increase market share.
  • Create acceptance for new business lens in organization.
  • Adjustments of working practices to ensure sustainability.

RESULTS

  • Lead time 1st customer contact -> contract from 32 -> 13 days.
  • Conversion ratio (1st meeting -> contract) from 39% -> 76%.
  • Interest margin increased from 0.13*-> 0.47% (*1% interest action during this quarter).

CHANGES

  • Implemented Integrated Daily Execution® at various levels.
  • Improved scheduling of 1st customer meeting.
  • Pro-active collection of customer documents.

R&G APPROACH

  • Create factual operational insight through new metrics.
  • Created acceptance by verifying assumed root causes through data analysis and observations.
  • Implemented measures for proven root causes.

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

“.. We can always improve further, but the current result is already super…”

Business Unit Director

“…unexpected and special…”

Customer of the bank