ATI Cost Reduction Profit Recovery Services

Client A – Profile

A division of a global provider, in the Foundry Industry.
Locations in North & South America, and Europe.
A leading supplier in the automotive industry.

Prior Annual Maintenance and Misc. Expenses: $1,231,696.86

Current Annual Maintenance and Misc. Expenses: $ 800,602.96

Total Annual Savings: $ 431,093.90

Expense Reduction Percentage: 35% Services

Summary

The analysis consisted of Maintenance Contracts, Office Supplies and Certain Vendor Contracts. Present services and costs were inventoried and summarized, giving the client a report detailing all current services and costs. A comparison was done to current competitive market offerings. ATI presented a variety of cost savings solutions.

Client approved ATI solutions included the following:

ATI renegotiated the current contract, and generated a rate decrease. Client signed a new agreement, and is no longer under an automatically renewable agreement.

Items that were no longer in inventory were removed from the maintenance program.

It was discovered that current maintenance plans were not reflective of the actual usage.

ATI presented modified plans and rates, to properly reflect the present usage, client accepted this solution. Presently client now monitors usage and can change user plans to maximize savings and adjust for increases or decreases.

Client now has reduced expenses, and has the knowledge to better control expenses going forward.

Client B – Profile

80 Companies in several business sectors, including engineering, chemicals, energy, telecommunications, computer and information systems.
Office locations world wide.
Annual Revenues in excess of ten billion dollars.

Prior Annual Telecommunications Expense: $7,977,594.24

Current Annual Telecommunications Expense: $5,983,195.68

Total Annual Savings: $1,994,398.56

Expense Reduction Percentage: 25%

Telecommunications Accounting Services Summary

The analysis consisted of Long Distance, Tele – Conferencing, International Calling, Cellular & Calling Cards. Present services and costs were inventoried and summarized, giving the client a report detailing all current services and costs. A comparison was done to current competitive market offerings. ATI presented a variety of cost savings solutions.

Negotiated new contract with existing vendor, and added second provider for International Calling Services.

Discovered accounts not billing on corporate plan; accounts were set up by vendor in error, added these accounts to master account and pricing terms yielding substantial savings.

Consolidated residential accounts & moved to corporate contract, allowing residential account users to receive lower corporate contract rates.

Cellular call plans were modified to reflect actual usage; zero use cellular accounts were cancelled. An inventory control tool is now utilized to better monitor usage and account activity.

Credit for this client just in billing errors and price corrections $236,000. This is in addition to the annual savings figures listed in the client profile.

ATI provides our services to this client on a monthly basis. ATI, working with the client's Telecommunications Department, has been able to substantially reduce the annual expense, recover billing errors and overcharges, and assist the client in controlling costs going forward.