Cost reduction project for a large certification company
Cost reduction project for a large certification company.
Les objectifs du projet
BearingPoint helped the company review its most important entities’ SG&A costs. The first cost reduction project was conducted in France and then rolled-out in Spanish and Italian entities.
Des résultats mesurables et concrets
- Analysis of cost savings with a systematic method based on a top-down and bottom-up approach
- Numerous client interviews to understand its business, costs and FTEs baseline and organisation
- Strong involvement of client’s internal resources in the project in order to facilitate the deployment in other entities
Les facteurs clés de succès
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Analysis of cost savings with a systematic method based on a top-down and bottom-up approach
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Numerous client interviews to understand its business, costs and FTEs baseline and organisation
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Strong involvement of client’s internal resources in the project in order to facilitate the deployment in other entities
Ce qu'a fait BearingPoint
We followed a three step approach:
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Diagnosis
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“As-is” analysis of the entities’ costs and organisation
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Construction of the costs and FTEs baseline and comparison with internal and external benchmarks
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Recommendations
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Identified and estimated cost reduction initiatives
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Defined a cost reduction plan: recommendations, impacts’ assessment of cost reduction initiatives and macro-planning
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Toolkit
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Development of a methodological toolkit for other Group entities
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