This list features a few of the many hundreds of different categories that we regularly source for our clients and the average saving we make on their behalf:
Direct Spends
| Market
|
Total Savings
Percentage
|
| Acids
|
41.5%
|
| Cabling
|
5.4%
|
| Clothes hangers
|
17.6%
|
| Coolants
|
52.9%
|
| Corrugated packaging materials
|
14.2%
|
| Waste management
|
16.8%
|
| Electrical products
|
30.1%
|
| FLT hire
|
20.0%
|
| General packaging materials
|
20.9%
|
| Grinding sticks
|
15.2%
|
| Industrial gases
|
14.5%
|
| Lighting products
|
24.8%
|
| LPG
|
17.1%
|
| Lubricants
|
38.6%
|
| Machine and hand tools
|
18.6%
|
| Metal Fabrications
|
28.7%
|
| Pallets
|
24.6%
|
| Plastic components
|
22.2%
|
| Polythene packaging products
|
17.0%
|
| PPE
|
27.3%
|
| Skip hire
|
16.4%
|
Indirect Spends
Indirect expenditure covers categories related to the
overheads of a business.
| Market
|
Total Savings
Percentage
|
| Air conditioning
|
17.2%
|
| Alarm systems
|
34.4%
|
| Car fleet
|
21.1%
|
| Car Hire
|
17.9%
|
| Carrier bags
|
25.4%
|
| CCTV
|
23.8%
|
| Cleaning contracts
|
19.8%
|
| Cleaning Products
|
30.7%
|
| Couriers
|
32.0%
|
| Electricity
|
9.3%
|
| Emergency lighting
|
28.2%
|
| Fire extinguishers
|
49.8%
|
| Fire protection
|
48.6%
|
| Flags & Banners
|
23.5%
|
| Fuel
|
12.2%
|
| Fuel cards
|
4.7%
|
| Gas
|
10.6%
|
| General rates
|
9.1%
|
| General stationery & IT consumables
|
21.8%
|
| Hotels
|
19.7%
|
| IT Hardware maintenance
|
17.8%
|
| Janitorial supplies
|
29.3%
|
| Labels
|
13.8%
|
| Media buying
|
5.1%
|
| Outbound transportation
|
7.4%
|
| PAT testing
|
35.7%
|
| Pension administration
|
40.9%
|
| Photocopiers
|
25.8%
|
| POS Print
|
32.3%
|
| Printed stationery
|
22.2%
|
| Recruitment & selection
|
5.0%
|
| Recruitment advertising
|
13.4%
|
| Site security
|
3.0%
|
| Site signage
|
43.1%
|
| Stocktake
|
20.0%
|
| Tagging guns
|
29.9%
|
| Telecoms - Landlines
|
20.2%
|
| Telecoms - Mobiles
|
35.6%
|
| Temporary labour
|
12.2%
|
| Tyres
|
10.1%
|
| Water rates
|
8.8%
|
| Workwear
|
9.8%
|
Resale
Goods for resale expenditure are those core products, which
are sourced then resold by a company without any additional value adding. These
products are typically related to the retail sector.
| Market
|
Total Savings
Percentage
|
| Clothing components
|
12.7%
|
| Recycled metal
|
3.0%
|
| Bearings and belts
|
4.8%
|
Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditure typically involves high value purchases of assets on an irregular basis with the value taken to the company's balance sheet.
| Market
|
Total Savings
Percentage
|
| CNC machine tools
|
11.2
|
| HGV fleet
|
6.3%
|
| IT hardware
|
10.9%
|
| Fork lift trucks
|
8.4%
|
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