How RRD’s risk-free assessment compares to a traditional RFP

• Cost savings

  Cost savings

  Our consultative assessment process allows RRD Spend Consultants to gain a deeper and broader understanding of your cost structure, resulting in greater quantifiable cost savings.

  At the heart of the RRD assessment process is our total cost of ownership philosophy, based on studies that have shown for every $1 spent on the actual unit cost of a printed piece, $6 is spent on managing that item.

  When organizations choose a simple bid process or an RFP, most often only the unit cost is considered.

  An assessment allows RRD to identify and provide maximum cost savings across a program's total costs. We impact areas like freight, postage, obsolescence, staffing, warehousing, creative, technology, etc.

• Expedited process

  Expedited process

  The creation, distribution, and selection of a vendor during an RFP process can take upwards of 90 to 180 days. After selection, the winning supplier must then perform diligence to truly understand requirements before implementing a solution — this could add another 90 days.

  When opting to engage in an assessment process, RRD’s Spend Consultants return verifiable savings recommendations and a plan to execute them from a supplier that thoroughly understands your requirements. Our typical assessment process takes 30 to 90 days.

• Identification of best practices

  Identification of best practices

  The RRD assessment process creates an opportunity to capture the best practices across your organization and marry them with outside industry expertise. The best practices emerge as a result of our consultative interview process with key stakeholders within your organization.

  Additionally, we define current workflows and supporting technologies then recommend process improvements to elevate your return on investment.

• New concepts and innovative ideas

  New concepts and innovative ideas

  The enhanced understanding that a thorough analysis can provide will generate recommendations on design, materials and usage patterns that optimize operational and production efficiencies that drive even further cost savings.

  Such recommendations are difficult to identify during an RFP process.

  Our decades of experience in performing these assessments has proven that a collaborative approach between two organizations combined with a consultative framework can yield significantly more value than an RFP around item specifications.