Unique Budget Insight, Management and Procurement Services………

…….featuring high levels of client control in an affordablesubscription based model

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....our methodologies could identify immediate and

permanent savings of 15%-20% in areas of your indirect spend

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Aberdeen Group Spend Analysis Benchmark Report

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Sixty percent of organisations currently rely on manual tools to

collect and analyze spend data ………….resulting in limited spend visibility

and the inability to improve cost savings

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UK PLC could save a staggering £1.2 billion

• In the 50 per cent of business who have managed to review and switch suppliers in the past 12 months, 76 per cent made a saving by doing so.

• . Source: O2 UK Press Release Sep 09 (embedded doc)

• Other than reducing head count, essential supplier costs are quite literally the most obvious place to look to slash costs and ensure the business is operating as cost-efficiently as possible.”

Professor Chris BonesDean, Henley Business

School

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Project Highlights

Step 1

Desktop Benchmark and scoping review at a cost of £2,500. This fee is fully refundable if cost or efficiency savings in excess of 10% across the board are not identified

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Engaging with Atlantic

Step 2 – project kick off

2 – 3 year engagement, driven by client contract end date profileQtly retainer = 3.5% of project spend under scrutinyNormally 10% Guarantee of savings to be achieved – almost 300% return on investmentRetainer paid in arrears - leaving client always cash positiveClient retains 66% of savings identifiedSavings are measured over the lifetime of the contracts placed