Resource Productivity
and Creating
‘Fuel for Growth’
Resources—time, OPEX, and capital—are scarce in most organizations. To achieve outsized returns, companies must evaluate the returns on all investments and redirect underperforming resources to 'fuel growth' in higher potential areas of the business.
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We identify the sources of cost and complexity that don’t drive ‘value to’ or ‘value from’ priority customers and markets, enabling those resources to be redeployed to drive growth and/or deliver higher margin dollars
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Our approach focuses on measuring productivity of a business against all resources - from SG&A spend to invested capital - and understanding the options to reallocate, reduce or improve effectiveness
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Productivity deep-dives into specific functions will identify 'slack' in the system - opportunities to improve efficiency
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Our process to collaborate with our clients to identify and address productivity issues has delivered significant realized cost savings
A continuous focus on improved productivity has an immediate benefit to your cost structure today and can provide the 'fuel for growth' to deliver out-sized gains tomorrow. The case studies below detail the impact of our work.
Global Manufacturing and Services: OPEX Productivity
Context:
Global manufacturing and services provider's cost base was too high to effectively compete versus their peers. They needed support in identify where they were over-spending and alternative structures to reduce costs without hurting their top-line.
Project:
Detailed review of the 'return on resources' across our client's entire OPEX base to identify opportunities for improvement and develop a new operating model to support their customers
Outcome and Impact:
Year 1 realization of over £8M in OP uplift, with a clear pathway to realize £20M+ by Year 2