What we offer
Gain cost insights
Get fact-based, should-cost analysis that reveals exactly what you should be paying for components and services
Drive cost optimisation
Reduce expenses systemically with our automation and standardisation of cost-saving models
Optimise value
Match design to needs and performance
Minimise supplier risks
Protect your business with proactive identification and mitigation of potential supply chain risks
Enjoy efficient services
Eliminate complexities and bottlenecks with our streamlined processes
Enhance environmental performance
Meet sustainability goals by identifying and reducing environmental impact
Improve market tracking
Seize opportunities through monitoring component pricing
About Design-to-cost services
Design-to-cost is an in-house cost engineering initiative powered by patent-pending models, designed to shift procurement negotiations from price to total cost and value. It combines cost teardowns, value engineering, and risk assessments to help businesses optimise costs, enhance product design, and achieve sustainability goals.
List of products and service portfolio
Design-to-Cost
Determine the should-cost for products and services
Design-to-Value
Optimise product design Lean process re-engineering for services
Maritime Mobility
Advise and mitigate geopolitical risk in your supply chain
Design-to-Sustainability
Calculate the carbon footprint of your products and advise on solutions for reduction
Negotiation training
Develop skills to use D2C outputs effectively in supplier negotiations
D2C in a box
Establish your own D2C function
Key capabilities
- Cost Teardown: Gain visibility of cost structures to drive negotiations and identify optimisation opportunities.
- Value Engineering: Improve product and service design using Lean principles.
- Risk & Sustainability: Map supply chain risks and analyse carbon footprints to drive greener solutions.
Applicable across hardware, software, and a wide range of services, Design-to-Cost empowers organisations to make smarter, data-driven procurement decisions.
Why choose Vodafone?
- We're recognised by Procurement Leaders and CIPS for Business Transformation (2019) for our award-winning programme.
- We can help you achieve up to 2.7x higher savings compared to traditional procurement methods.
- With us, you'll access the telecom industry’s most advanced teardown and cost modelling capabilities.
- Our team consists of fully Lean Six Sigma certified experts.
- We can cover 100% of spend across hardware, software, and services, whatever your procurement needs.
- With us, you can harness patent-pending, AI-driven automation for hardware and advanced AI capabilities for software.
- We drive sustainability with proven expertise in reducing environmental impact and GHG emissions.
- We've established a proven track record, with €300 million in savings achieved within the first two years and over €1.3 billion within six years.
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