Increase profitability through improved efficiency

Do you need to make cost savings in your operations? To successfully cut costs long-term, there are three key prerequisites, a shared vision, a sincere willingness to challenge existing methods and a high level of commitment across the organization. It is important that the employees feel ownership in the change and are able to impact it.

Shared vision

At Axholmen our management consultants have extensive experience in supporting and guiding organizations with effective cost-reduction programs. We utilize the knowledge in your organization to create and unite the organization behind a shared vision of what the change will mean and tailor the approach to your organization’s unique situation

Product and service procurement, either direct or indirect, usually accounts for a significant part of a business costs. Having an effective organization managing them is important to ensure profitability.

At Axholmen we support the development of your procurement organization in a number of areas. With extensive experience in strategy and organizational development, we can develop purchasing roles, establish new structures such as the design of your purchasing organization, set-up processes, and create category management. In addition, we can identify and realize savings on external services and products, right through to the negotiation of new contracts at your request.

Efficiency improvements

We support our clients with efficiency improvements – from identifying purchasing savings (by category or as a program) to implementation and renegotiation. In addition, we offer supplier relationship management (SRM) advice with frameworks, governance and supplier segmentation.