Outcome-based solution
SG&A Cost Optimization
A sustainable cost structure with clearer accountabilities and protected capabilities.
When it fits
- Overhead increased through growth or acquisition.
- Roles and layers have accumulated.
- Cost reduction is needed without blunt across-the-board cuts.
Who it is for
CEO, CFO, CHRO, PE sponsor
Measures of success
- Run-rate cost opportunity
- Span and layer improvement
- Process productivity
- Service and control performance
Where it starts
A QuickScan or an Accelerator
QuickScan
- Review organization, cost and functional summaries.
- Interview the CEO or CFO and selected leaders.
- Identify duplication, complexity and productivity hypotheses.
Accelerator
- Analyze selected cost centers, layers, spans, workload and service models.
- Assess decision rights and process duplication.
- Quantify preliminary options and risks.
Timing assumes a defined issue, sponsor availability, timely access to summary data and a limited number of stakeholder interviews. ISI confirms final timing before the assessment begins.
Then
The 30-business-day diagnostic
Week 1
Set the cost objective, guardrails, baseline and protected capabilities.
Week 2
Assess organization, processes, service delivery, technology and controls.
Week 3
Develop structural and productivity options with economics and risks.
Week 4
Deliver target-state choices, the roadmap and implementation governance.
Executive deliverables
- Cost baseline and opportunity map
- Organization and process options
- Target operating model
- Implementation roadmap
Follow-on implementation
- Cost transformation office
- Organization redesign
- Shared services and process improvement
- Benefits tracking
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Start with a QuickScan or an Accelerator
The request form opens with SG&A Cost Optimization already selected. ISI confirms scope, timing, data requirements and commercial terms before any work begins.