Opex Savings
Atlas Group reduces client operating expenses by targeting "low hanging fruit" opportunities. These are opportunities with a nine month or less return on investment(ROI). We identify these opportunities by introducing transparency to communications, information technology and/or energy costs and performance via out database products.
Transparency
The key to opex savings is in getting as much operational transparency as possible. As show below, opex is impacted by vendor contracts, business requirements, and user behavior. Atlas Group's Discovery team works hard to uncover information in each of these areas for each site and business unit.
The Discovery team enters the following categories of collected information in the database:
- Vendor contacts and rates
- Asset inventory
- Monthly costs by account
- Service usage by site
- Service performance
This information is collected, entered and reviewed with the client each month.
Optimization
Once we have transparent costs, performance and usage, we can identify areas that are not cost effective. Frequently, these areas are not aligned with business requirements. Atlas Group works with each site to align its capacity with:
- usage levels
- vendor products or plans
- business requirements
This optimization work is performed within the existing vendor price agreements.
The solution can be presented to multiple vendors for competitive bidding if the existing agreements have terminated and if the current pricing is not competitive. A request for quotation(RFQ) is developed for straight forward procurements.
Atlas Group prepares wireless and/or landline optimization reports to present:
- existing costs
- existing inventory
- proposed costs
- proposed inventory
- savings and payback estimate
- implementation plans
as a client recommendation. If the recommendation is accepted, we assist the client to implement the changes and achieve the savings.
Competitive Procurement
For more complex procurements, Atlas Group can help clients manage a request for proposal(RFP) process. A structural RFP can have a great impact on operating expenses when combined with a total cost of ownership(TCO) analysis. A competitive procurement can reduce operating costs by 20-40% over non-competitive purchasing.