Almost every business has the ability to substantially
improve profit performance, but many do not realize that with
the insights of industry experts, it can happen virtually overnight.
As companies face very intense pressures to be more competitive
and to increase shareholder value, new attention must be directed
to the reduction and control of those expenses typically dismissed
as "uncontrollable." Few businesses have the in-house
expertise or the time to undertake an extensive profit-improvement
review, and
even fewer have access to the financial resources needed to bring
in third-party general management consultants. Not only do they
cripple corporate costs with excessive hourly rates, they rarely
underwrite their fees with a profit-improvement guarantee. We provide
the benefit of an unbiased third party without prohibitive costs.
The only financial commitment you incur rests solely in our ability
to improve your bottom line with newfound profits.
There are many areas in business where a company can focus attention
on cost control. Our Suite of Services focuses on 8 key areas:
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Freight & Supply Chain |
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Let our former carrier pricing managers negotiate your FedEx®/UPS®/DHL®
contracts. Over 97% of the time, we can reduce a company's
costs by 10–20%! Audit your FedEx®/UPS®/DHL® invoices PRIOR
to payment, automate your accounting processes, and then view
and manage your data online! |
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Accounts Payable |
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Duplicate payments, missed discounts, and over 25 other categories of overpayments can account for a loss of 1% or more of your payables. The solution to identifying and recovering these overpayments and minimizing their recurrence lies in our talent and technology. |
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Real Estate Management |
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A real estate lease audit provides your company with the opportunity to examine the Lease Agreement to determine if the rent expenses—including base rent, common area maintenance (CAM), operating expenses, property taxes, and utilities—are being billed in accordance with the lease terms. Companies that own their buildings can increase their cash flow by accelerating depreciation deductions and deferring federal and state income taxes through a Cost Segregation Study. |
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IT Cost Control |
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Reduce your IT costs 10–25% by utilizing our services to renegotiate your annualized hardware and software maintenance costs. Reduce IT capital costs and annual depreciation by utilizing our expertise in hardware and software acquisitions to obtain the best possible pricing and contracts on your IT purchases. |
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Utility Cost Management |
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Overcharges in most businesses' utility bills are common, unnoticed, and can be identified and recovered only by a comprehensive utility bill audit. Most businesses are overcharged, and subsequently overpay, by as much as 3–15% each and every month! Waste, recycling, and byproducts have transformed from “necessary evils” into “green” cost reduction opportunities with attractive social responsibility tie-ins. Our proprietary analytic tools, processes, and industry experts have successfully produced an average client savings of 19–33%! |
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Document Fleet Management |
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Reduce and control document production fleets, including copiers, printers, fax machines, and multifunctional/color devices by as much as 15-25%! |
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Healthcare Cost Control |
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Self-insured companies can recapture overpaid healthcare
expenses through a comprehensive, detailed audit process
with proven results of up to 8% of total claims expenses returned! |
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Travel Management |
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Reduce travel expenditures by as much as 35% while improving service levels and obtaining greater visibility of travel expenses. Audit airfares and hotels PRIOR to taking trips to reduce travel costs. |
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Knowledge
Strengthened with Technology |
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Our unique profit-improvement strategies are founded on
tried-and-true cost-reduction practices powered by state-of-the-art
audit and recovery technology. Each of our service offerings
provides in-depth, broad-based cost-recovery consulting services
extending from opportunity assessment, data collection, and
analysis to process implementation and support—all
without disruption to day-to-day operations. |
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An Expert Advantage |
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Our mission is to go beyond cost control by mining the profits
of cost recovery while striving to establish a partnership
alliance built on confidence and trust. The industry expertise
and "insider information" of our industry experts
represent literally hundreds of years of collective experience
and will provide you with a distinct advantage when it comes
to recovering lost profits, reducing costs, and improving
profit performance through outsourcing non-core functions. |
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Pay Only For Results |
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Our team of profit-improvement experts provides services
that are entirely self-funding. Our performance-based compensation
is contingent solely on results and calculated exclusively
on a share of recovered costs or new savings generated by
our services. Utilizing data mined from internal departments
and outside suppliers, our services are completely non-intrusive,
leaving your management and staff free to complete daily
tasks with minimal interruption. Our travel services are
project-based. Otherwise, unless we deliver profits, our
services are free—no up-front fees or
charges! |
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