So what is AK Lean Anyway… are you a Virtual Assistant, Online Business Manager, or a Process Improvement Consultant?
Great question! AK Lean fits into the cracks between all three! We’re part virtual assistant, part online business manager, and part process improvement consultants! We combine the best of all three worlds.
To help explain, take a look at this visual.
Want more details? Let’s break down a sample of what each one of these roles does, along side what AK Lean does.
What a LSS Process Improvement Consultant Does
Prep for initiatives
- Plan out pre-implementation deliverables 
- Organize projects and coordinate schedules 
- Define requirements of a process 
Stakeholder Buy-In
- Assist in developing process vision and strategy 
- Recruit, train, manage people resources 
- Creation of communication strategies 
Process Design and Development
- Construct designs to standardize processes 
- Research and recommend resolutions 
- Create standard operating procedures 
What an Online Business Manager Does
Project Management
- Setting up a new online program 
- Setting up a membership portal 
- Establishing a website from start to finish 
People Management
- Conduct team meetings 
- Manage internal and outsourced resources 
- Track completion of day-to-day tasks 
Operations Management
- Manage client relationships 
- Ensure systems in place are working 
- Track data to provide recommendations 
What a Virtual Assistant Does
Administrative Work
- Scheduling / calendaring 
- Booking travel 
- Answering phones 
Social Media Management
- Respond to comments and followers 
- Maintain a posting schedule 
- Content creation 
Support for Existing Processes
- Light bookkeeping 
- Data Entry 
- Personal assistant services 
What AK Lean Virtual Assistance, LLC Does
Process Assessments (Assess Your Processes)
- Define requirements of a process 
- Assist in developing effective process vision and strategies 
- Research and provide recommendations to issues identified in the process 
- Make process design and development recommendations to standardize and improve the process 
Document Automation (Automate the Creation of Your Documents)
- Assess current methods of creating documents 
- Builds streamlined data collection workflows 
- Code dynamic output documents that add/remove information based on workflow inputs 
- Test and launch streamlined document automation software 
- Maintain / update through maintenance contracts 
Operations Support (Working in Your Existing Processes and Systems)
- Manage client relationships 
- Workflow assistance for existing processes 
- Track statistics to improve recommendations 
- Data entry 
- Document and spreadsheet creation 
- Presentation Creation 
- Research 
- Review existing processes for efficiencies while working in them 
System Setups (Set Up Your Processes and Systems)
- Set up new online programs and systems 
- Make sure internal systems are in place to fully utilize new systems 
- Set up new users in systems 
- Migrate data into new system 
- Test new system setup for accuracy 
- Train staff in how to use the new system 
- Maintain / update system through maintenance contracts 
Technology Training (Training on Your Processes and Systems)
- Individualized 1:1 software training 
- Customized group training 
- Accountability work sessions 
 
                        