COST CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL (UK)The commercial challenge
One of the world's largest car-rental groups commissioned a focused review of high-frequency operational and administrative supplies.
07 / Previous management-team assignment
Multinational car-rental company
A high-volume rental operation uncovered an especially striking opportunity in a routinely purchased consumable.
Client identity withheld.
VIEW THE EVIDENCE ⟶THE COMMERCIAL PICTURE / 07
A familiar product. A very different commercial result.
Comparing like-for-like items and delivery arrangements exposed value that might otherwise have been overlooked.
THE DETAIL MADE THE DIFFERENCE
£132,774Spend reviewed
£24,623Annual value identified
18.5%Weighted opportunity
OPPORTUNITY IN CONTEXT
Value identified against spend reviewed
The percentage represents the identified annual opportunity as a proportion of expenditure reviewed for this assignment.
WEIGHTED SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY
18.5%
0%50%100%
STANDOUT CATEGORY / THERMAL PAPER67.1%
THE ASSIGNMENTSaving identified for an identical product, alongside improved delivery terms.
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Even identical products can carry substantially different commercial terms.
Our management team’s approach
The analysis compared office supplies, thermal paper and computer consumables, distinguishing genuine opportunity from categories already performing relatively efficiently.
Why the outcome mattered
Thermal paper produced a 67.1% saving on an identical product, while the review identified £24,623 in savings across the categories examined. The overall 18.5% figure is expenditure-weighted; the original case report stated a 28.1% simple average of category percentages.
Previous management-team assignment. Client identity withheld. The figures describe this assignment and are not a forecast or guarantee of future results.
Commercial significance
What this assignment demonstrates
Even identical products can carry substantially different commercial terms.
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