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Otimização de custos: Compreendendo os drivers de pressão de custo

=! Os fatores de pressão de custo

As empresas estão enfrentando condições cada vez mais turbulentas, com questões geo-políticas, econômicas e da cadeia de suprimentos levando a desafios operacionais e financeiros. 

Consequentemente, os líderes empresariais estão sob crescente pressão para obter reduções de custo de curto prazo e tentam responder sem o quadro completo. Isso determinará a natureza do problema que você está tentando resolver, seja no curto prazo e único, ou contínuo e duradouro, e ajudará a decidir qual estratégia de redução de custos perseguir. Atividade

Effective cost optimisation starts with understanding the external and internal drivers that are specific to your circumstances. This will determine the nature of the problem you are trying to solve, whether near-term and one-off, or ongoing and enduring, and help you decide which cost reduction strategy to pursue.

External cost drivers

An infographic showing the various external cost drivers you might encounter.

Learn more about these common external cost drivers, along with typical trends in each area.

Drivers de custo interno

An infographic showing the various internal cost drivers you might encounter.

Saiba mais sobre esses drivers de custo internos comuns, juntamente com tendências típicas em cada área. margem e seja difícil de mudar.

How to respond to cost pressure

Many businesses are under pressure to act quickly to deliver short-term savings, but they need to assess the relevant cost drivers to determine how to react appropriately. 

The post-pandemic slowdown coupled with a high inflationary environment is putting significant stress on businesses. Within many organisations, rising operating and borrowing costs, together with new technologies and intense competition, will require a disciplined cost mindset.

Understanding these drivers and how they impact your organisation specifically can help you gain clarity over the problem you are trying to solve, and potentially identify the level of savings you need to achieve and the timeframe required. This will help you to make informed decisions on your course of action. 

There is no one-size-fits-all ‘right’ answer and choosing a path forward depends on the outcomes you need to achieve and the trade-offs you’re willing to accept. 

How can you respond to cost pressure?

Your response will typically include a combination of cost avoidance, cost reduction and cost base optimisation. 

An infographic showing the various cost programme options.

Cost avoidance involves deferring or cancelling controllable spend in the near term. It would typically be appropriate when undertaken in reaction to an unexpected event or materially adverse underperformance.

Cost reduction efforts typically focus on identifying and eliminating activities that generate limited or no value to enhance budgets. They are usually undertaken to address medium-term cost pressure.

Cost base optimisation involves evaluating which activities to undertake and how they are performed across the entire organisation. Such programmes require long-term, structural change and so typically form part of A Transformação estratégica.

Na Parte 2, exploraremos essas diferentes respostas em mais detalhes para que possamos entender as diferentes opções disponíveis, seu potencial e suas limitações. Perfil