Cost Reduction
Achieve Sustainable Cost Reduction
While most companies continue to advance growth initiatives around customer focus and innovation, enterprise cost optimization remains among the top three strategic priorities along with cash flow management initiatives. In our 2023 Key Issues Study, 69% of companies reported a major cost reduction initiative – up from 65% in 2022.
How do the best do it?
Most companies approach cost reduction through staff reductions and discretionary spending freezes. Eventually, market pressures make these reductions hard to sustain. Our research has found that the strongest driver of sustainable cost optimization is a strategically designed service delivery model – one that purposefully and intelligently defines how certain work gets done, where, and by whom.
Are you taking the tight route to sustainable cost optimization?
With deep, practical experience in reducing costs in many environments, we can provide advice and solutions grounded in empirical data and proven practices:
Analyze
Comprehensive cost and cash-flow analysis.
Compare
Business benchmarking that illustrates how top-performing companies structure and deliver key functions.
Strategize
Service delivery strategies designed around the realities of your business.
Plan
Roadmaps for reducing and optimizing costs.
Featured Research
As SG&A Pressure Mounts, a 75% AI Performance Gap Is Emerging
Finance has the clearest view of the artificial intelligence (AI) opportunity. AI World Class research shows organizations redesigning work around AI are creating enterprise performance advantages of up to 75%.
2026 NORTH AMERICA SG&A COST STUDY AND SCORECARD
Revenue Is Growing. SG&A Costs Are Growing Faster.
SG&A costs have outpaced revenue growth for five consecutive years at North America’s largest companies. Even organizations improving selling, general and administrative (SG&A) performance have little room for error.
2026 EUROPEAN SG&A COST STUDY AND SCORECARD
SG&A Has Reached a Tipping Point
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs have reached a five-year high across Europe’s largest companies. Even with stronger revenue growth, most organizations have little room for error as AI-enabled operating models create a widening performance gap.