What is an initiative: an initiative should be understood as an action, an idea, a project which foresees a potential saving resulting in a sustainable reduction of the fixed external costs.
This dashboard shows Procurement & non Procurement led savings initiatives which are impacting EBITDA and they are related to either rule number 1 most known as “the price rule” or rule number 4 most known as “demand rule”. The One-off savings, cost avoidance, and actions with NON-EBITDA or only the balance sheet impact are not displayed in the dashboard.
Objectives:
- To identify savings which will be embedded into budgets.
- To achieve the budget by delivering the planned initiatives.
- To allow leadership to react early and resolve roadblocks, or find additional initiatives to ensure budgets can be achieved by monitoring the status of initiatives during implementation.
- To help budget owners to understand whether they are on track to deliver their planned initiatives.
- To establish a common language to enable visibility, monitor and obtain better results.