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Process Efficiency

SmartPaTH Plus

We draw from our decades of collective knowledge and experience to quickly design a strategy and propose the best course of action to achieve our client’s objectives. By analyzing thousands of matters and transactions, we have identified commonalities and created tools and processes that save our clients time and money.

We apply standardization where it adds value, adopting proven process efficiencies to complete essential administrative tasks accurately, consistently, and at lower cost, often with the press of a button. At the same time, our technology remains flexible and tailored, recognizing that every matter has unique demands.

THE SMARTPATH PLUS ADVANTAGE

  • We rely on an extensive (and growing) library of practice-specific toolkits, which contain template documents, forms, workflows, data-driven budgets and document automation software, to ensure that we aren’t reinventing the wheel.
  • Our Budget & Work Planning tool lets us map the workflow for an engagement to identify redundant steps and staffing assignments, tasks that may be mismatched with their attorney experience levels, gaps and any other opportunities to streamline. It also provides an efficient “fast track” for training new lawyers, as they can see and trace the steps and best practices for different types of matters. Meanwhile, senior attorneys are freed up for other, higher-value tasks.
  • Our document analysis and transactional tools reduce time spent on manual review, signature tracking, and compiling reports or closing binders. All materials are centralized, transparent, and easily accessible, with documents generated quickly and efficiently.
  • Reporting systems ensure that our teams are following the designated procedures and/or using the appropriate forms – and if they stray even slightly, we can spot it and remedy it immediately.
  • We share our support systems and technology options with clients to enhance the effectiveness of our work with them.

We invite you to learn more about how we ensure process efficiency. Email us at Innovation@ThompsonHine.com.

Thompson Hine. Always Innovating. Always Advancing.

Effecting continual process improvement is a critical element of Thompson Hine SmartPaTH Plus. While every client and every engagement is unique, we build efficiencies around the characteristics shared by like matters. For example, some transactional matters may progress though a relatively common lifecycle; some cases may be directed through predictable phases of litigation. We harness those similarities to build infrastructure that supports them all while allowing for maximum flexibility and customization.

Our strategies to increase efficiency include:

  • Mapping workflow processes to identify redundant steps, gaps and opportunities to streamline
  • Establishing monitoring systems that correspond to mapped processes to ensure our teams are following the designated procedures
  • Creating template documents and forms that reflect best practices for each type of service
  • Developing an extensive library of toolkits and data-driven budgets that are customized for specific practice areas (e.g., Litigation, Business Restructuring, Corporate Transactions, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Product Liability, Real Estate, etc.)
  • Sharing our support systems and technology options with clients to enhance the effectiveness of our work with them

Best of all, as a full-service firm, the SmartPaTH Plus advantage increases exponentially as our lawyers’ collective experience and best practices are institutionalized to the benefit of all of our clients.