You can’t drive procurement change in print and postage unless your spend is baselined

Baselining in print and postage is simple: specification + quantity + cost = control over your spend.

But with a high volume of transactions the technical detail can become unreliable making it hard to be certain about your true cost base.

It is typical for half of requirements to change during a contract cycle which allows suppliers to legitimately creep prices, dodge savings guarantees and boost margins to a level that was not in the spirit of your arrangement.

Wherever you are in the contract cycle, there is an advantage in knowing your cost baseline.

Harler’s print experts have developed a baselining toolkit that puts you in control, giving you the knowhow to own the conversation with your print providers.

Case study: When subject matter expertise is needed

As the UK’s leading pure-play procurement consultancy, our client deploys a range of subject matter expert to its customers, across multiple categories and industries. Challenge: The print, packaging, document management and postage categories are quite technical and require deep expertise to deliver the right results.  Harler provided this expertise during numerous projects. Solution: Harler provides [...]