Couriers and Post
We can help reduce costs from bicycle to truck, from one-off deliveries to multi-drop runs across the UK. Consider reviewing your Royal Mail costs.
We also liaise directly with major worldwide courier firms and have in-depth knowledge of suitable business partners.
Desktop Products
Due to the sheer variety of desktop product items, purchasing in this category can be haphazard, even random! Our review of your desktop product purchasing is however, as comprehensive as it is pain-free.
We review:
- office consumables
- IT consumables
- flat & copier paper
- custom printing
- special manufacture
We normally collate data from suppliers’ management reports; only a minimum amount of work takes place from within your offices.
Digital Dictation & Typing
A Digital Dictation System (DDS) linked to an efficient workflow system provides management with information on backlogs of work pending and volumes completed. It also allows seamless outsourcing of typing or movement of work to branch offices.
A DDS provides secretaries with a clearer picture of their workloads, allowing them to manage their time better. Moving repetitive work out of your office improves job satisfaction and increases profitability.
Equipment Leases
For many companies, leasing has been the main source of financing capital equipment. Allow us to audit your equipment lease portfolio. Experience has shown that we can achieve significant refunds on existing leases.
Historical Cost Recovery
During every audit we check that invoices reflect quotations; with suitable data this can extend back 4 years or more. Subsequently acting as a "ghost" department of your business we recover overpayments with little input from your staff.
As a separate service we identify duplicate invoices etc. in your Accounts Payable system and again, acting as a "ghost" department of your business, recover overpayments. Our review covers VAT errors, missed discounts, property rental/rates, insurance, etc. Finally, we deliver a web-based reporting platform that assists with future compliance.
In all cases you only pay our fee when you have the refund/credit.
Merchant Cards
We can potentially reduce your charges as banks are interested in improving their market share.
Photocopiers
You may believe you are locked into a long-term agreement but we can provide alternative scenarios. Our review is office-wide.
We can help with all your custom printing requirements, including web ordering capacity.
Process Re-engineering
Taking into account your corporate philosophy, we offer guidance on procurement/booking systems, job tracking and supplier performance reporting.
Taxis & Private Hire
We analyse traffic/usage patterns and provide a full comparison of current versus potential firms. Service levels are uppermost.
Telecoms
More than 200 providers offer telecommunications services to UK businesses. Multiply that by the masses of tariffs and special offers they promote — all on an ever-shifting basis — and best-value decisions become increasingly elusive. We provide an independent objective report. You will receive ongoing informative invoices/call analysis and where appropriate access to a real-time web interface.
The review covers:
- voice line rental & call charges
- mobile phone rental & call charges
- internet dial-up
- web hosting
- data/EDI
- video conferencing
- systems & maintenance
- inbound NGN (0870, 0800, etc)
- private circuits
Travel
Etc.
Please discuss your individual cost centre requirements with us. We may well have prior expertise.
