Sustainable Cost Optimisation

This approach to rightsizing is for an organisation requiring immediate cost reduction. It is usually in survival mode or needs to respond to a one-off, unexpected market impact, such as a recession.

Under these circumstances, we would propose a rapid 4-6 week diagnosis aimed at defining a prioritised list of cost optimisation opportunities. These focus on quick wins while also identifying longer-term initiatives at a high level.

This medium-term approach is most suitable for organisations that have identified inefficiencies and see a successful cost optimisation strategy as an opportunity to improve internal and external operations.

Our approach combines a detailed bottom-up view with a top-down perspective to create robust opportunities supported by logic, data and insight.

This approach is most suited to organisations on a long-term journey to transform their organisation through fundamental Operating Model changes.

Here, we propose a cost reduction programme of at least 3 months that builds on either the Rapid Results or Surgical Intervention approaches to deliver a larger-scale transformation.