Case studies

Brisbane City Council (Australia): Strategic Assessment
A Strategic Sourcing program successfully delivered in excess of 15 percent cost reductions for the Brisbane City Council, as part of the initiatives designed to deliver a step change in the cost base of council operations
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Sustainment and Supply Base Analysis for Major U.S. Aircraft Program
A.T. Kearney successfully facilitated negotiations between the program management office of a DoD agency and the prime product support integrator, and identified reductions in sustainment costs of 5% in 2008, and 12% in 2009
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U.K. National Supply Chain Excellence Programme (SCEP) – Generic Drugs Procurement and Management
With minimal interruption to 300 hospitals and savings of ~21 percent, this programme was instrumental in establishing the Category M pricing system for delivering some of the lowest generics pricing globally
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U.K. Ministry of Defence: Transformation of Defence Acquisition
A.T. Kearney worked with the UK Ministry of Defence to transform its defence procurement organisation and processes – gaining procurement best practice benchmarks across sectors, key principles for managing complex acquisition programmes, and a cross-functional operating framework for governance, finance and contracting
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Korea: Economic Growth Strategy
As a result of the “Creativity Index,” an assessment of the business creativity level of major industry sectors within the country, Korea gained a growth strategy and a series of concrete recommendations
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Fuel Strategy Development for a U.S. Federal Agency
Through A.T. Kearney’s rigorous and data-intensive analysis, a federal agency gained localized fueling strategies designed to achieve a savings of $0.06 to $0.08 per gallon
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Commission for Africa: Growth and Investment Strategy
A.T. Kearney worked with the Commission for Africa to analyze and draft recommendations in the growth and investment area, developing and writing from the perspective of an engaged partnership between Africa and the developed world
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Procurement Transformation for a U.S. State Government
By increasing visibility into statewide spending and buying habits, improving contract negotiations, and emploting innovative procurement strategies, a state is on track to achieve the targeted $135 million in annual contract savings
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U.K. Ministry of Defence: Performance Management
To help drive and embed improved performance across the business, the internal technical support group implemented a suite of metrics and measurement processes, and a new governance system
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East of England Commercial Support Unit
To gain economies of scale in both purchasing and operations, 14 healthcare commissioning organizations engaged A.T. Kearney to design a commercial support unit for procuring and managing central analytic and data solutions
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