Know what good looks like.
A diagnostic assessment of your cost base that shows where your spend sits against comparable organisations, in your sector and adjacent to it, and where the biggest opportunities are, delivered board-ready in just twenty-one days.
See how you compare.
This is a taste of the picture a full benchmark gives you.
You cannot fix what you cannot see.
Organisations consistently underestimate the opportunity buried in their own cost base. We surface the potential within two weeks, so you can see exactly what's possible.
What good looks like
A clear picture of best-in-class cost, quantified from proven, real-world industry data.
Where you stand
An honest, quantified view of your relative position against your peers.
How others solved it
Proven approaches to the same problems, drawn from years of solving them across many organisations, in your sector and beyond.
The cost of your operations, not just procurement prices.
Efficiency comes from using the right amount of the right thing, bought at the right price. That principle applies to every area of your operation.
Are you overpaying?
Why buy a Fiat for twice what your peer pays? We test what you pay against the market.
Is it over-specified?
Why use a Rolls-Royce for a Fiat task? We check the spec matches the job.
Are you using too much?
Why run three Fiats when one will do? We line up consumption against output.
A board-ready report, with the gaps quantified.
- A detailed report comparing your costs to industry medians.
- All major indirect spend covered: people and third-party (IT, facilities and operations).
- Proven comparators linked to business performance (e.g. cost as a % of turnover).
- Benchmarked against 160+ peers and cross-industry firms.
- Context and nuance captured through one-to-one calls.
- An honest view. If you're already strong, we say so.
- Clear recommendations: focus, potential value and next steps.
From data to boardroom in 21 days.
Designed to need minimal effort from your team. You provide the data and some context, and we return in twenty-one days with identified value opportunities.
Week 1
You return the completed data request, and this starts the clock.
Weeks 1–2
Four one-hour context meetings across finance, IT, procurement and operations.
Week 3
We complete our analysis and present your benchmark and prioritised opportunities.
Fixed scope. No surprises.
A board-ready cost report on simple, fixed terms, with no hourly rates and no scope creep.
Fast
Results within twenty-one days of receiving your data.
Low effort
Only four meetings needed. No disruption to your team.
Broad coverage
IT, facilities, procurement/ops and people in a single pass.
Board ready
Benchmark gaps and a prioritised opportunity list to act on.
See what good looks like for you.
In every case, clients underestimate the scale of the opportunity. Let's quantify it.