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		<title>Price Benchmarking Saves Money and Jobs in a Recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Winsett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost Reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expense Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Price Benchmarking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spend Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this volatile business environment, saving money often means cutting jobs.  At NPI, we believe our proven price benchmarking strategies can allow you to cut costs without cutting jobs.
How does price benchmarking work and how can it benefit your business?  Quite simply, it is the process of determining the fair market value for any product or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this volatile business environment, saving money often means cutting jobs.  At <a title="Learn more about NPI." href="http://www.npifinancial.com" target="_blank">NPI</a>, we believe our proven price benchmarking strategies can allow you to cut costs without cutting jobs.</p>
<p>How does price benchmarking work and how can it benefit your business?  Quite simply, it is the process of determining the fair market value for any product or service, and then ensuring that your contracts are in line with these levels.  We find that many businesses are over paying based on telecom, transportation and technology industry price benchmarking levels.  With appropriate strategies in place, your business can negotiate contracts with more favorable terms.</p>
<p>Our goal is to protect your business from overspending by providing a fresh set of eyes, market based perspective and industry knowledge that allows us to uncover cost savings previously overlooked.  Effectively using our price benchmarking services to negotiate favorable contracts allows you to retain valuable human capital.  With benchmarking tools, your business retains the employees needed to be able to innovate and succeed in the future.</p>
<p>The strategies we offer can result in savings returns in as little as 30 to 60 days.  Savings from layoffs are often not seen for nine months or more.  We know that our price benchmarking strategies for telecom, transportation and technology results in millions of dollars of savings annually.  Don’t think that just because you have a long term contract that our strategies won’t be able to help you.  Our tools allow you to approach a vendor with a fact based discussion showing areas of over spending.  Discussions backed with price benchmarking facts can lead to contract savings for your business.</p>
<p>Maintain your ability to grow and succeed in these tough financial times.  <a title="Contact NPI now." href="http://www.npifinancial.com/About/Contact-Us.php" target="_self">Contact NPI today </a>to implement price benchmarking strategies that will lead to cost savings without the need for layoffs.</p>
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