Challenge
To leverage scale and drive savings while maintaining quality in an area that many clients lack the individual scale or operational resources to develop impactful volume-driven savings and rebate programs.
Execution
pep developed a comprehensive program to leverage spend across clients, taking advantage of tiered scales of savings & rebates. Working directly with the paper suppliers and paper mills utilized by pep printers to drive preferred rates, pep implemented sustainability programs that ensure paper contains recycled content and is purchased via sustainable forestry practices according to FSC/FSI regulations This approach drove more competitive pricing for commodity-type deliverables via RFE and volume rebates.
Results
$3.044MM in rebates delivered to clients
$1.9MM in gross paper rebates over 4 years
- Substantial cost savings across clients, despite fluctuations in spend
- Triple rebates courtesy of paper mills, paper suppliers, and printers
- Increased sustainability and consistency in printed deliverables