Cost reduction
The major challenge facing all public services today is driving down costs while simultaneously improving services.
But cost reduction is not the same as simply cutting budgets or ‘slash and burn’ approach to costs. It is about understanding the cost drivers and expenditure of services and functions and how to reduce costs and maintain services.
We have the complete range of skills and expertise needed for this kind of holistic approach. These skills and experience include:
- Service reviews
- Financial analysis
- Business case development
- Procurement and supply chain
- Design and implementation of associated change programmes
- Project management
- Leadership and coaching
Much of our work is underpinned by a lean thinking approach to problem solving and service delivery. We focus on supporting clients to analyse and redesign systems using the full range of Lean, Systems Thinking and Six Sigma approaches. In order to achieve sustainable continuous improvement, we look to change mindsets and behaviour as well as introducing tools and techniques.
Our teams of skilled consultants understand the drivers behind public sector organisations and the need to deliver high quality services more efficiently. They bring to bear their own experience as senior managers, enabling them to ask the difficult questions from a standpoint of having faced the challenges themselves.
If you would like to know more, please contact us.
