Cost baseline
All operating and overhead cost by function, activity and vendor, compared with what the business needs to deliver.
Cost reduction & overhead (SG&A)
Take out cost that doesn't help customers, and keep what does.
A structured review of overhead and operating costs (organization, third-party spend, facilities, processes and technology) that separates cost the business needs from cost it has accumulated, then removes the latter in a way that sticks.
WHEN COMPANIES CALL US
You may need this if…
- Overhead has grown faster than revenue for several years.
- Each department says it is lean, but the total doesn't add up.
- Previous cost cuts came back within a year.
- A lender, sponsor or board has set a margin target with a deadline.
WHAT YOU GET
Outputs your team keeps and uses.
Savings pipeline
Specific opportunities with value, timing, one-off cost and risk, from quick fixes to structural change.
Organization options
Spans, layers, shared services and outsourcing options where they make sense, with the people impact explained.
Savings tracker
Savings validated with finance and tracked to the P&L until they are delivered and sustained.
HOW IT WORKS
The work, step by step.
- 1Weeks 1–4
Baseline
Map cost by function, activity and vendor; interview leaders on what drives it.
- 2Weeks 4–8
Build the pipeline
Develop and size savings ideas with function owners; agree targets.
- 3Weeks 8–12 and beyond
Deliver
Implement, track savings with finance and put controls in place so costs don't creep back.
QUESTIONS THIS ANSWERS
- Which costs support revenue and customers, and which don't?
- How much can we take out, how fast, and at what one-off cost?
- How do we protect capability and morale while doing it?
- What stops the savings from creeping back?
HOW WE MEASURE IT
- SG&A as a share of revenue
- Savings delivered versus plan
- One-off cost to achieve
- Cost per transaction or per customer
RUN THE NUMBERS FIRST
Free calculators for this decision.
Each one runs in your browser with your own numbers. Nothing is sent to us unless you choose to share it.WHERE THIS COMES UP MOST
Industries where this work matters.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Before you get in touch.
No. Third-party spend, processes, facilities and technology usually hold as much opportunity as headcount, and changes to people are planned carefully and lawfully.
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