Electrifying Savings

1. Expense Reduction Analysts Success Stories
Electrifying savings
for Endon Lighting Ltd
Endon Lighting Ltd are one of the Chris Dodd, Finance Director, engaged to the capabilities of the leading suppliers.
oldest established and most reputable Neill Summerfield and his team at Expense Finally they examined our management of
companies in the decorative lighting Reduction Analysts in August 2011 to the supply chain and put in place a monthly
industry. A blend of innovation, review expenditure in Office Supplies, reporting structure on savings realised and
design, quality and value for money Packaging and Utilities. service levels achieved.”
has established Endon Lighting at
the forefront of the retail trade and “Expense Reduction Analysts undertook a Greg Ward, Warehouse Manager, and
electrical wholesale industry. forensic cost analysis of the expenditure in Dan Clark, Purchase Ledger Supervisor,
Continuous investment in stock- each of the project areas over the previous are delighted with the service received
holding and warehousing capacity 12 months to build a profile of our usage. from their new suppliers.
has enabled Endon Lighting to They then looked at how we were
quickly develop its wholesale and purchasing and matched our buying profile
retail businesses.
Table of Savings
Greg Ward says
Category % Saving
Electricity 9%
“When first asked to work with Neill Summerfield and the
Gas 29% Expense Reduction Analysts concept by my finance director
Office Supplies 43% I was unsure about the whole thing. I must admit however
Packaging - Bags 16% that the process and results were excellent. We are realising
Packaging - Cartons 19%
very good savings and the corrugated carton supplier
Packaging - Stretch Film 6%
recommended is in my opinion better than our previous one.
We are also grateful to Neill and his team for their work in
resolving a historic issue with the airbag system. I would
say for certain that the exercise has been excellent value
to pursue.”
Chris Dodd says
“Expense Reduction Analysts offered an unobtrusive approach
to the review of our operating expenditure with 95% of the
work carried out off-site. The depth of market knowledge in
combination with a buying influence of £100 million in the cost
categories visited and over 75 days of free resource assured
us of best market value without sacrificing the quality of the
Left to right: Dan Clark Purchase Ledger Supervisor, service provided.”
Neill Summerfield Expense Reduction Analysts
Consultant, Chris Dodd Finance Director
find extra profit
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