Pixar BankRetail & Mortgage Banking
Operational Excellence
Program.
Cutting mortgage origination lead time by 30% — without adding headcount. A diagnosis of where the calendar goes, and the three moves that get it back.
A fast bank, trapped in a slow process.
The problem
A mortgage takes 52 days from application to disbursement. For 87% of that time the file is simply waiting in a queue.
The root cause
It isn't capacity. Underwriting runs at a healthy 1:1 work ratio. The delay sits around the decision — documents, third parties and registries.
The opportunity
Three targeted moves recover ~14 days conservatively — 88% of the −30% target, with the same team.
Where the 52 days go
Three initiatives, one target
Guided document upload
A guided upload flow and proactive document requests so files arrive complete in days, not weeks of back-and-forth.
Parallel appraisal scheduling
Run appraiser booking, visit and report in parallel, with a panel of appraisers and digital report intake.
Title review orchestration
Standardize the title & legal gate with registry orchestration — clearing the last block before closing.
How close it gets to −30%
−30% target
52 → 36 days
From the 3 initiatives
conservative scenario
Projected lead
from 52 days today
Same team, ~27% shorter cycle → more closings per analyst each quarter at no added headcount. Estimates are directional and conservative (50% compression of non-value time).
Three waves across H2 2026
Guided document upload
Biggest, cheapest win. Guided flow + proactive requests on the document-collection bottleneck.
Parallel appraisal
Appraiser panel, parallel scheduling and digital report intake to compress third-party waits.
Title orchestration
Standardized legal gate + registry orchestration to clear the last block before closing.
Three decisions to start.
- 01Sponsor & decision rights for the document and appraisal redesign across Ops, Risk and Legal.
- 02A cross-functional squad (Ops · Risk · Legal · IT) dedicated for one quarter.
- 03Green-light Wave 1 to start next sprint — the fastest, cheapest path to the first week of lead time recovered.
Thank you.
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