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Category Saving(%)Fixed Line Telecoms 55%Mobile Telecoms 15%

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When Belzona Polymerics engagedExpense Reduction Analysts to reviewtheir telecom costs, it was in theknowledge that the company alreadykept a tight rein on spending in thisarea. It was also felt that an externalconsultancy would be able to makemore objective recommendations and enable Belzona employees toconcentrate on their own alreadyheavy workloads.

Neill Summerfield of Expense ReductionAnalysts started his review by analysingall calls and texts sent to every destinationduring a 12 month period to establishwhether the profile of usage was a goodfit with the current tariff package.

“We quickly discovered that most landlinecalls were of shorter duration than thecurrent set up charge and minimum call charge and we were able to deliverimmediate savings by matching the bestavailable tariff to the current profile of

“Belzona were delighted with thetelecom savings Expense ReductionAnalysts had been able to effect andinitiated a smarter cost managementstrategy to their distribution network.”

usage. Landline calls also included a high proportion of international calls toBelzona’s distributor network. Althoughthese costs were capped, they were higherthan the best available market rates.

Next we turned our attention to mobiletelecom costs. Belzona’s 54 strong teamteam of global technical consultants arerequired to make calls within the UK,internationally, from country to country and back to the UK.

At first glance, the tariff looked extremelycompetitive for the complexity ofinternational roaming needed. Howevermore detailed investigations revealed that smaller increments in the chargingbasis for international roaming calls couldbe achieved, resulting in significant andsustainable cost reductions.”

Belzona were delighted with the telecomsavings Expense Reduction Analysts hadbeen able to effect and initiated a smartercost management strategy to theirdistribution network.

Belzona Polymerics Ltd is a privately owned company, based in Harrogate in North Yorkshire, manufacturingprotective coatings and repair compositesto reduce maintenance downtime in thepower generation, petrochemical, waterand oil & gas industries. Belzona operatesworldwide through a network of 238distributors and has 5 global centres of excellence to support and sustain its impressive recent growth.

Expense Reduction Analysts is a globalleader in cost and purchase managementwith operations in 30 of the world’slargest countries including the USA, China and Europe.

David Reeves, Accounts Payable Supervisor,Neill Summerfield, ERA Consultant, Dr. BillAshcroft, Managing Director, John Bradley,Group Financial Controller, David MacKarill IT Manager.