APD Webinar | My Top 5 Cost Management Projects
Date & Time: April 16th, 11:30 AM Eastern
Duration: 30 Minutes
Host: Jeoff Burris, Founding Partner, Advanced Purchasing Dynamics
The Cost Management Projects That Deliver the Strongest ROI
Some cost management projects create short-term savings.
The best ones create measurable savings, stronger supplier negotiations, and reusable cost knowledge that improves future sourcing decisions.
In this focused 30-minute webinar, Jeoff Burris will walk through his personal top five cost management projects—real examples from APD’s Cost Management Certification that consistently deliver the strongest ROI.
You’ll see how leading buyers have applied cost modeling, cost breakdown analysis, and supplier data to drive practical, repeatable results.
What You’ll Learn in this 30-Minute Free Webinar
You’ll see the five cost project types that consistently generate the strongest results.
1. Supplier Cost Breakdown Projects
How buyers use structured cost models to uncover pricing logic, isolate cost drivers, and identify negotiation leverage.
2. Market Test and Price Validation Projects
How teams validate supplier quotes against competitive benchmarks and external market inputs to strengthen cost confidence.
3. Cost Driver Analysis Projects
How participants isolate material, labor, logistics, and overhead drivers to separate true cost movement from unsupported supplier increases.
4. Negotiation Preparation Projects
How cost data is converted into clear supplier pushback strategies and fact-based negotiation plans.
5. Long-Term Cost Knowledge Projects
How the best projects create reusable cost knowledge that strengthens future sourcing and annual cost reduction efforts.
Why This Matters
Many purchasing teams are asked to reduce cost, but few have a structured method for building cost knowledge that can be reused over time.
Common challenges include:
- Supplier increases accepted without clear validation
- Limited visibility into cost drivers
- Negotiations based on assumptions instead of data
- Savings opportunities hidden inside broad spend categories
- Cost projects that solve one issue but fail to build long-term capability
The best cost projects do more than deliver one-time savings.
They create frameworks, models, and internal knowledge that improve future sourcing decisions.
Who Should Attend?
This session is designed for:
- Purchasing Leaders and Managers building cost capability across the team
- Buyers responsible for supplier pricing analysis and negotiations
- Category Managers driving cost reduction initiatives
- Procurement teams evaluating APD’s Cost Management Certification
You’ll Walk Away With
- Five proven cost project models with repeatable ROI
- Real examples of how buyers used data to improve negotiations
- Practical ways to strengthen supplier pricing validation
- Ideas you can apply immediately to live spend and supplier challenges
Reserve Your Spot
Join us for this free 30-minute session and see the real cost management projects that consistently deliver measurable savings and lasting purchasing capability.