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Consulting projects can deliver rapid returns on investement, cut costs and leave an organisation in a position to further capitalise on these improvements. This was exemplified by the work that Hamish McKechnie-Sharma, Capgemini, carried out for the Metropolitan police which saw its procurement processes improved and costs cut. The work carried out by his team has already saved the Metropolitan police up to eight per cent across many procurement categories.
11 November 2007
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At their most effective, consulting projects can deliver rapid returns on investment, cut costs and leave an organisation with the tools it needs to carry on improving once the consultants have moved on. The work that Hamish McKechnie-Sharma, 34, an executive consultant at Capgemini and this year’s MCA Performance Improvement award-winner, did with the Metropolitan police to improve its procurement processes and cut costs achieved those aims. With procurement expenditure of £850m, there was scope to create significant savings across a whole range of spending categories from batons and helmets to helicopters and horses.
Using a series of analytical and procedural tools to drive change in the supply chain, McKechnie-Sharma helped the force introduce more standardised procurement processes. These enabled it to compare spending across categories and across boroughs, identifying where cost savings and more efficient buying processes could be introduced.
The work he and his team at Capgemini have already done is saving the force up to 8% across a range of procurement categories.
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