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Procurement Strategies
September 2009
Large scale cost cutting measures often involve fundamental changes to the way that businesses are run and can be very lengthy and time consuming processes. However, adopting new procurement techniques which can be applied across many vertical commodity markets can result in reduced operating costs. One example of how to cut costs without addressing the whole entity is to take a new approach to the procurement of print toner.
The majority of business consumers select a single supplier for their toner needs usually through a tender process, in the belief that this will secure the best pricing and reduce the complexity of the purchasing process. However often in this area, little attention is paid to controlling consumption, there's just an obsessive focus on price.
If the real focus was on minimising costs, buyers would look at the whole print process in its entirety and the total expenditure. But it’s often easier to stick with the same old procedures and simply put out a tender to find a toner supplier, even when this kind of thinking, especially during the current economic climate, doesn' t help improve the bottom line.
We believe that many businesses would take a different view if they could see the countless ways in which they are needlessly losing money, and if they are to help stem this loss then the following elements of the toner procurement process should be considered.
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