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Reduce Costs

In today’s current climate, organizations of all shapes and sizes, in both the commercial and public sector are challenged with reducing costs wherever possible. However, simply cutting ‘costs’ out of the organization is not easy and can have a detrimental effect on the business activities, if it is done in isolation or the implications are not fully recognized or considered.

There are a number of increasingly common areas that organizations tend to be looking at when considering costs reductions:

Office space or physical buildings. Rents and associated building costs often account for a substantial part of the monthly fixed costs, and with the average occupancy rate thought to be around 45%, un-used real estate is a clear area for potential cost reduction.
Technology related costs. Many organizations have an array of old and often disparate technology in their organization, which has unnecessarily high support and maintenance costs associated with it. In addition, other costs related to calls and conferencing services can also add up.
Travel related expenses. It’s easy to rack up travelling expenses whether it is the standard commute to work or for meetings and events.
Stock and assets. Whether it is reducing stock levels and associated costs, or simply managing valuable company assets to avoid unnecessary expense for replacing them.
Consolidating business activities to reduce resources

NEC understands these pressures and can support organizations with a range of services and technology based solutions including for example:

Integrated communication and collaboration solutions combined with virtualization technologies to underpin flexible working strategies
Migration, integration and outsourced support services to help consolidate and maintain IT investments
Multi-media, interactive, virtual collaboration solutions to remove the need for unnecessary travel
Track and trace applications to reduce manual processes and locate assets