Case Studies
Real Businesses, Real Savings, Proven Impact
We’re proud of the impact we deliver, and we think the best way to show what’s possible is through the numbers themselves.
These case studies span industries from manufacturing and distribution to retail and pharmaceuticals, each with its own complexity and challenges. What they share is the outcome: measurable improvements in profitability.
The figures shown aren’t theory; they represent real savings delivered, expressed both in pounds and as a percentage of turnover. They demonstrate how focused work on supply chains, expenditure, and operations translates directly into stronger margins and more resilient businesses.
Manufacturing & Distribution
£9.7M Savings
(12.6% of Turnover)
SUPPLY CHAIN | OPERATIONS | EXPENDITURE
Challenge: Turnover dropped suddenly as the market shifted and the product range became date.
Approach: Moved from in-house manufacturing to an external supplier model, reduced overheads, and renegotiated supplier pricing and payment terms. Accelerated product development to launch more customer-relevant products, and implemented an ERP system with clear KPIs to improve control and visibility.
Result: Lower operating costs, improved cashflow and control, and a faster pipeline of products better aligned to customer demand,
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
£1.14M Savings
(17% of Turnover)
SUPPLY CHAIN | PROCUREMENT
Challenge: The business took on responsibility for supplying its own materials, but purchasing wasn't set up to manage costs or cashflow effectively.
Approach: Put a clear procurement plan in place, renegotiated supplier deals and added new suppliers to create better pricing. Improved payment terms to ease cash pressure, and built a joint cost-saving program with the customer through product development.
Result: Reduced costs, improved cashflow, and created a more collected and sustainable purchasing approach.
Chemical Manufacturing
£4.4M Savings
(3.7% of Turnover)
SUPPLY CHAIN | PROCUREMENT
Challenge: Move production of several key SKUs from the UK to Europe whilst reducing cost, without disrupting customer supply.
Approach: Transferred manufacturing smoothly to maintain continuity. Negotiated savings across materials, packaging and logistics, and introduced tighter planning and control to support just-in-time production and delivery.
Result: Reduced cost based, reduced stockholding, and improved delivery reliability to customers.
Heavy Goods Manufacturing
£2.46M Savings
(5% of Turnover)
SUPPLY CHAIN | PROCUREMENT | OPERATIONS
Challenge: A group of give companies was operating independently, missing out on scale benefits, shared supplier leverage, and group-wide visibility.
Approach: Built inter-company purchasing relationships to drive bulk savings across the group. Introduced new suppliers, adjusted product specifications to capture cost savings, and streamlined duplicated manpower. Put in systems to improve group-wide visibility and reporting at all levels.
Result: Delivered group-wide cost savings and improved consistency, while increasing operational efficiency and management visibility across the business.
Premium Gift Retail
£1.32M Savings
(5.6% of Turnover)
SUPPLY CHAIN | PROCUREMENT
Challenge: Rising staff NI and increasing cost of goods from UK supplier partners putting pressure on margin as the business scaled to more store locations and channels.
Approach: Re-sourced key best-selling product lines to the Far East while renegotiating with UK suppliers. Restructured UK supply chain to better fit the company's growing needs, adding capability and service while reducing overall costs.
Result: Increased cash profit through lower COGS, improved operational efficiency, and gained great control over product development and timelines.
Import & Distribution
£1.37M Savings
(4,4% of Turnover)
SUPPLY CHAIN | PROCUREMENT
Challenge: Rising freight costs and inefficient specifications and packaging were pushing up landed costs and reducing margin.
Approach: Renegotiated freight rates and terms, simplified specification on best selling product lines, improved packaging formats, and renegotiated supplier pricing using BOM breakdown and commodity analysis.
Result: Improved profitability and freeing up of budget to invest in new products. This also helped minimise passing price increases to customers during a difficult economic backdrop.
Wholesale & Distribution
£535k Savings
(14.8% of Turnover)
EXPENDITURE
Challenge: A small 60-year old company saw gross margin fall dramatically, with heavy overheads and increasing pressure from suppliers for payments.
Approach: Reduced overheads through personnel restructuring and streamlined stockholding to downsize premises and cut ancillary costs. Improved margins by negotiating supply chain cost reductions and reworking price/costs on key product lines.
Result: Stabilised cashflow, reduced the fixed cost base, and re-built gross margin to restore profitability and supplier confidence.
Import & Distribution
£768k Savings
(4.8% of Turnover)
EXPENDITURE
Challenge: Family-owned business carrying very large overheads, impacting profitability and limiting capacity to invest in growth.
Approach: Restructured manpower into a leaner model aligned to the company strategic goals, alongside indenting and delivering additional savings across logistics and the wider supply chain.
Result: Reduced overhead and operating cost base, improving profitability and creating a more efficient structure to support future growth.
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