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CASE STUDY

Cost saving through mass product standardisation

The challenge Diageo is a global operation producing and packaging alcoholic beverages, with a UK workforce of over 4,000 people. Each site had its own idea of what products they required for their site, along with differing perceptions of the Diageo identity. This was difficult to manage and created a bottom-up procurement process. Working with Diageo, we analysed the data of all products purchased from different suppliers – many of which didn’t specialise in PPE – resulting in significant variations in products purchased and prices paid. Diageo were purchasing 97 different types of gloves, 127 different types of boots and 119 different logo combinations for their corporate uniforms. This resulted in poor service, pricing, brand consistency and, most importantly, safety of PPE products - potentially leaving their staff and company vulnerable.

The solution Leveraging our sustainability expertise through carbon forecasting and value added sole supply services. Working with Diageo’s procurement team, we standardised their PPE product range, selecting the most fit-for-purpose products in each category, whilst having consideration for employees who were previously part of a bottom-up process. A PPE committee, including representatives from all sites, procurement, and Bunzl Greenham, was formed to identify key areas for standardisation, starting with less emotive products to ease the transition.

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