Cost Savings

VANTAGE GROUP® offers a wide array of cost reduction options that are geared specifically to your business. We will attack your procurement costs in the areas of purchase price, transactional cost, and the efficiencies that will help improve your bottom line. Supplier and transactional consolidation, e-commerce, e-procurement, inventory management, and on time, error free shipping are only a few of the tools used to meet your goals.

FACT	BENEFIT
Purchase Price Reduction EDI, EFT, Consolidated and Electronic Billing Options VMI, Keep-fill, Bar-coding System/Production Analysis Energy and Power Audits Guaranteed Inventory and Deliveries Manufacturer Training	Leveraged volume reduces price Reduces transaction costs Inventory management reduces carrying costs Streamlined processes for increased efficiencies Energy savings and downtime reductions Reduces storeroom inventory and improves service levels Access to, and knowledge of, the latest cost saving technologies

Price Reduction

By utilizing the customer consolidated spend, in conjunction with the $32 billion in worldwide purchasing power of the VANTAGE GROUP® ownership, combined with our proprietary software designed to identify savings opportunities, VANTAGE GROUP® delivers the most competitive price possible for the products you need.

Inventory Management

VANTAGE GROUP® first utilizes data scrubbing software to identify redundant and excess inventory. Then a series of cost saving steps are implemented that may include inventory identification, reduction, standardization, and elimination. A number of other service oriented programs are available that include inventory management, dedicated inventories, and VMI.

Energy Savings

VANTAGE GROUP® will enlist the lighting experts throughout our organization as well as our Manufacturer Partners to conduct energy audits, power quality analysis, and to deliver energy saving solutions throughout your organization. Implementing these solutions can save you significant dollars.

Process Improvement

VANTAGE GROUP® will analyze the entire supply chain to provide the optimum process for delivering product from the manufacturer to the distributor to the point of use location within your facilities. Providing this ongoing value will help your organization remain competitive.