Why Hire Us?

When you enter into contract negotiations with your vendor and you already know what the outcome should be, it allows for the best outcome. In Sherwood Forest, we know the best pricing, terms and conditions other comparable companies have recently received from your vendor. Now it’s simply a matter of world-class negotiating.

  1. Cost savings
    1. Increased Profits.
    2. Free up money in budget to spend on other projects.
  2. Price certainty
    1. Eliminate second guessing about best pricing.
    2. Remove all doubts as to whether cost reductions exist for the expense tied to your shipping or technology contracts.
  3. Productivity
    1. Devote more time to other projects and focus on your business core competencies.
  4. Added knowledge and expertise to your team
    1. Next time around you may not need to use us because of what you learn from working with us the first time.
    2. Get industry education relative to vendor negotiations as a part of our work.
  5. Identifying previously unknown areas of savings.
    1. Unexpected savings or dollars to spend on other projects that were previously nixed due to lack of funding.
  6. “Inside” knowledge of your vendors.
    1. This often leads to shorter negotiations and more time to spend on other matters.
  7. Knowledge of how the carriers think and respond (or react) to various negotiation strategies.

Employee Productivity:

Consider cash flow on an hourly basis that internal employees contribute to EBITA compared to how much our service contributes to EBITA. Here is an example:

The company has $209,000,000 operating income. They have 2,000 non-factory employees. At 2,080 annual working hours that amounts to 4,160,000 total annual hours by these employees. 4,160,000/$209,000,000 = $50.24 per hour contributed to EBITA per employee. Our work, renegotiating their parcel shipping contracts, would result in at least 10% savings, or $16,000,000. Our project would require approximately 60 client-employee hours. Accordingly, our project would generate the equivalent of $266,666 per hour.

How many people are in your corporate office? It is impossible for their cash per employee number to beat our number. Assume 10% savings from our work and calculate it based upon your operating income. From a productivity perspective nothing can compete with our outside expertise being inserted into your organization to save hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars factored against the little amount of your staff’s time.