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FM Cost-Reduction Review

Find the savings hiding in your FM contracts, procurement, and operations.

Overview

Most organisations are overspending on facilities management without realising it. Contracts roll over without review, procurement lacks benchmarking, and operational inefficiencies accumulate over time. Aston FM conducts a structured cost-reduction review of your FM spend — benchmarking against industry standards, identifying savings opportunities, and delivering a prioritised roadmap that typically uncovers 20-30% in achievable savings.

What We Cover

  • Line-by-line analysis of your current FM spend across all categories
  • Benchmarking against industry norms and comparable portfolios
  • Contract review to identify over-specification, duplication, and renegotiation opportunities
  • Procurement analysis to find better value from suppliers and frameworks
  • Operational efficiency assessment — where processes create unnecessary cost
  • Prioritised savings roadmap with quick wins and longer-term opportunities
  • Business case preparation for implementing recommended changes

How We Work

01

Data Collection

We gather your FM cost data — invoices, contracts, budgets, purchase orders — and organise it into a clear spend profile.

02

Benchmarking & Analysis

AI-assisted analysis compares your spend against industry benchmarks and identifies outliers, duplications, and over-provisions.

03

Savings Roadmap

We deliver a prioritised report showing exactly where savings are available, how much, and what actions are needed to capture them.

04

Implementation Support

If needed, we can support procurement exercises, contract renegotiations, or operational changes to realise the identified savings.

Why Aston FM

  • We have benchmarked FM costs across hundreds of sites — we know what good looks like
  • AI-powered analysis processes large datasets quickly, finding patterns manual reviews miss
  • We focus on achievable savings, not theoretical numbers that never materialise
  • Fixed-fee engagement means you know the cost upfront — and it pays for itself from the savings
  • Independent advice with no ties to FM suppliers or contractors

Pricing

Fixed-fee diagnostic engagement. Scope and fee agreed upfront based on portfolio size and complexity. Optional success-fee model available for implementation support.

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