Archiving
Frequently a forgotten cost centre. We will review, even contract mid-term and reduce costs with the incumbent supplier.
Couriers and Post
We can help reduce costs from bicycle to truck, from one-off deliveries to multi-drop runs across the UK and International. Large users should consider reviewing Royal Mail costs. Do you currently enjoy computer booking and automatic accounts input?
Desktop Products
Due to the sheer variety of desktop and I.T consumables, purchasing in this category can be haphazard, even random! Our review is comprehensive and pain-free. Anticipate worthwhile “unseen cost” process savings.
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 within your offices.
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
We compare invoices against contracts and identify duplicate invoices etc. in your Accounts Payable system and acting as a "ghost" department of your business, recover overpayments with little input from your staff.. Our review covers VAT errors, missed discounts, property rental/rates, insurance, etc. With suitable accounting data this can extend back 4 years or more. Subsequently acting as a "ghost" department of your business.
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
Utilities
Utilities are a commodity that requires indepth market knowledge to know when to commit to a contract. The Auditor’s service reduces both our clients’ energy unit cost and usage, whilst ensuring they comply with government energy legislation. We recommend a web based tracking system and establish the benchmark cost of supply to determine savings in the future.
Where possible, clients are offered consolidated quarterly billing with a common contract renewal date.
Etc.
Please discuss your individual cost centre requirements with us. We may well have prior expertise.
