Cost Reduction Consulting
Our cost reduction consultants help companies cut operating expenses across workforce, technology, and vendor spend. With performance-based fees, you only pay based on the savings we deliver.
Proven Results with Zero Financial Risk to Your Business
$1.4M
Saved for a Financial Services company.
$500K
Saved for a Healthcare Professional Services Company.
$250K
Saved for an Oil & Gas Drilling Company.
$30M+
Total savings from projects completed by our cost reduction consultants.
How It Works
01
Kickoff Call
We meet with your leadership team to understand your business, key objectives, and current pain points. We'll outline our review plan and request access to your team and systems.
03
Proposed Change Review
We present a detailed list of recommended changes with projected cost savings by month and year, covering every area where we've identified reduction opportunities. You decide which recommendations to act on.
02
Organizational Review
Over 6 to 8 weeks, we conduct a comprehensive review of your workforce, technology stack, vendor contracts, and benefits plans. All we need is access to your team and systems. We handle the rest.
04
Change Execution
We support you through implementation by drafting new processes, developing change management documentation, and financially tracking the results.
Find Out What Your Business Could Be Saving
Answer a few questions about your operations and our AI will estimate your cost recovery opportunity based on industry benchmarks and real client outcomes. Takes about 3 minutes. No sales call required to see your number.
What Areas Do We Target?
Workforce Optimization
We find opportunities to consolidate, upskill, and restructure your organization to reduce human capital costs without sacrificing output.
Technology Management
We audit your full technology stack, identify redundant tools and unused
subscriptions, and find opportunities to cut technology spend immediately.
Benefits Restructuring
We review your benefits plans and identify opportunities to reduce expense
while maintaining quality coverage for your employees.
Vendor Management
We audit every external vendor relationship, review contract terms, and
identify opportunities for renegotiation, insourcing, or removal.
Process Automation
We map your existing processes, score them against our proprietary Process
Maturity Scale, and identify where automation can reduce human capital and
technology costs.
Inventory Management
We review inventory practices, identify waste and excess carrying costs,
and find opportunities to reduce expense without disrupting operations.
Download Our Overview
Learn more about our cost reduction consulting methodology by downloading our overview document.
Where Is Your Company Bleeding Money?
106
On average there are 106 SaaS applications per company.
25%
25% overspending on SaaS applications is expected by 2027 from unnecessary and overlapping tools.
20%
Small, unmanaged vendor purchases can make up 20% of a company's total spend.
73%
73% of companies report higher total payroll expenses compared to last year.
Cost Optimization Consultants Built for Your Business
Most businesses have never had an outside set of eyes on their full cost structure. Expenses accumulate over time. Vendors get renewed on autopilot. Headcount grows around processes that no longer make sense. Technology stacks expand without anyone auditing what is actually being used.
Our cost reduction consultants work across manufacturing, construction, healthcare, financial services, and professional services. We have helped organizations identify millions in annual savings by looking at the full picture at once, not just vendor contracts or headcount in isolation.
Our Approach: Process, People, and Technology
Most cost reduction efforts focus on one area. They cut headcount, renegotiate a few vendor contracts, or audit software subscriptions. Brewster runs all three simultaneously.
Our proprietary 3P Profit Diagnostic examines your processes, people, and technology at the same time. We map how your business actually operates, identify where your cost structure is misaligned with your operations, and present a full list of recommended reductions with dollar values attached to each one. You approve every line item before we invoice. If we find nothing worth acting on, you pay nothing.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cost Reduction Consulting
Common questions about cost reduction consulting engagements with Brewster Consulting Group.
What does a cost reduction consulting engagement actually look like?
We start with a kickoff call to understand your business, key objectives, and current pain points. From there we run a 6 to 8 week organizational review across your processes, people, and technology simultaneously using our proprietary 3P Profit Diagnostic. We present a detailed list of recommended cost reductions with dollar values attached to each one. You approve every line item. We then support implementation and track the results financially.
How does the performance-based fee model work?
Our fee is a percent of the annualized savings you agree to execute. You review every recommendation before we invoice anything. If you choose not to act on a recommendation, you do not pay for it. If we find nothing worth acting on, you owe us nothing. There are no upfront fees and no retainer. You can only have a net positive financial outcome from working with us.
What areas do your cost reduction consultants target?
We examine six areas simultaneously: workforce structure, technology and software spend, vendor and supplier contracts, benefits plans, process inefficiencies, and inventory management. Most cost reduction efforts focus on one area at a time. Our 3P Profit Diagnostic looks at all of them at once, which is how we consistently find savings others miss.
How much can we expect to save?
It depends on your revenue, industry, and how long it has been since your cost structure was formally reviewed. We have identified $1.4M in annual savings for a financial services company, $500K for a healthcare organization, and $250K for an oil and gas company. Use the savings estimator on this page to get a personalized estimate based on your actual revenue and payroll figures.
How long does a cost reduction consulting engagement take?
From kickoff to completed implementation support, a typical engagement runs 12 to 16 weeks. The organizational review takes 6 to 8 weeks. The proposed change review and approval process follows, then 6 weeks of implementation support to execute the agreed changes and track results.
How do you handle confidential financial and operational data?
We sign NDAs before any work begins and keep all confidential information within your environment. We do not pull data or records outside of your systems. For the duration of the engagement we operate inside your tenant and your infrastructure. Nothing leaves without your explicit approval.
What makes Brewster different from other cost reduction consultants?
Most cost reduction firms audit vendor contracts or focus on headcount. We run our 3P Profit Diagnostic across processes, people, and technology simultaneously. That means we find savings in places a single-track audit misses entirely. Our performance-based fee model also means our incentives are fully aligned with yours. We only get paid when you save money.
What types of companies do you work with?
We work with companies across manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, oil and gas, construction, professional services, and many others. The common thread is not industry, it is that leadership suspects there is margin sitting inside the business that has never been formally identified. If your cost structure has not been audited in the last two to three years, there is almost certainly something to find.
