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Cut 15% of costs without saying where: the impossible budget

Tagliare il 15% dei costi senza dire dove: il budget impossibile · Finance · Expert

The case

The group imposes a 15% operating cost cut on your subsidiary by next fiscal year, with no guidance on where. The three function heads responded by each protecting their own turf: the submitted proposals add up to a 4% cut, made almost entirely of symbolic items. You know 15% is only achievable by touching one of three sacred cows: the underused second historic site, the oversized spare parts warehouse, or outsourcing internal logistics. Each has a patron on the executive committee. How do you land the budget?

Il gruppo impone alla tua filiale un taglio del 15% dei costi operativi entro il prossimo esercizio, senza indicazioni su dove. I tre capi funzione hanno risposto proteggendo ciascuno il proprio territorio: le proposte arrivate sommano un taglio del 4%, fatto quasi solo di voci simboliche. Tu sai che il 15% è raggiungibile solo toccando una delle tre vacche sacre: la seconda sede storica sottoutilizzata, il magazzino ricambi sovradimensionato o l'esternalizzazione della logistica interna. Ognuna ha un padrino nel comitato di direzione. Come porti a casa il budget?

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