Cost Optimization

Pay What You Should for Outsourcing.

Acumen Solutions conducts a thorough study of your current IT hardware, software and service expenditures to determine if your prices, terms and conditions are competitive. By comparing your current deals with our proprietary database of best-of-breed deals, Acumen Solutions quantifies your opportunities for cost savings and more favorable contractual terms. Acumen Solutions then formulates an action plan to capitalize on those opportunities with minimal disruption.

Negotiate the Right Deal for Your Needs.

Acumen Solutions provides a Strategic Sourcing solution tailored to your organization and your desired level of participation. We manage the entire process end-to-end starting with detailed requirements gathering. Working closely with your legal counsel and central purchasing organizations, we then create and issue the RFP, manage interactions with bidders, analyze responses against a balanced scorecard, develop a shortlist and manage competitive contract negotiation. Finally, we present you with a signature-ready contract with the selected supplier.

Track Supplier Performance, Post-Deal.

Despite carefully negotiated agreements, suppliers frequently fail to provide customers with the contracted levels of service. Developing comprehensive processes and procedures to measure and manage suppliers against SLAs is imperative to receiving good service. Using your existing information-capture processes and tools, Acumen Solutions tracks all incidents and events that trigger service credits and conducts a comprehensive invoice review.