Cost Takeout Blueprint
Cut SaaS + ERP spend without breaking operations.
Most mid-market companies overspend 15–30% on software licenses, cloud infrastructure, and ERP modules they barely use. We audit your contracts, usage, and entitlements in 10–14 days — then hand you a prioritized savings plan with vendor-specific renegotiation scripts you can execute immediately.
Who it’s for
- CFOs and finance teams under pressure to cut operating costs without slowing teams down.
- IT leaders managing 50–500+ SaaS subscriptions who suspect significant waste but lack time to audit.
- Companies mid-ERP-migration that want to right-size licenses before the next renewal locks pricing.
- Post-acquisition teams consolidating duplicate tooling across merged organizations.
- Any mid-market company spending $500K+ annually on software that hasn't been audited in 12+ months.
What you get
License & usage audit
A complete inventory of every SaaS subscription, ERP module, and cloud commitment — mapped to actual usage data, not what the vendor says you need.
Savings map
A prioritized list of savings opportunities with dollar amounts, effort levels, and risk ratings. Quick wins at the top, structural changes phased over quarters.
Renegotiation playbooks
Vendor-specific scripts, benchmark pricing data, and timing recommendations for your top 5–10 contracts. Ready to use in your next renewal conversation.
Right-sizing recommendations
Tier downgrades, license reclamations, and consolidation opportunities — with rollback plans so nothing breaks if a change has unintended effects.
Execution timeline
A 90-day phased plan with owners, milestones, and checkpoints. Not a "boil the ocean" transformation — a sequenced set of actions you can start this month.
ROI model
Projected annual savings, one-time reclamation value, and payback period — the spreadsheet your CFO needs to green-light the next step.
How it works (10–14 days)
Data collection & inventory
We gather contract documents, license entitlements, billing data, and usage logs. We also conduct 2–3 short stakeholder interviews to understand what tools teams actually depend on.
Analysis & benchmarking
We map usage against entitlements, identify unused or underused licenses, flag duplicate tools, and benchmark your pricing against market rates for comparable companies.
Savings plan & playbooks
We build the prioritized savings map, write renegotiation scripts for your top contracts, and model the ROI for each recommended change.
Presentation & handoff
We walk through every recommendation, answer questions, and hand off all artifacts. You own every document. Execute with us or on your own.
What we need from you
- 1.A finance or IT sponsor who can share contract and billing data.
- 2.Access to license management portals (admin consoles for major SaaS vendors, ERP, cloud).
- 3.30 minutes each with 2–3 stakeholders (IT, finance, one business-line owner).
- 4.A 60-minute session at the end to walk through findings and next steps.
Typical outcomes
15–30%
annual SaaS + ERP cost reduction
From license reclamation, tier optimization, and contract renegotiation.
< 30 days
to first realized savings
Quick wins (unused licenses, duplicate tools) execute immediately after handoff.
5–10×
ROI in the first year
Blueprint fee typically pays back within the first month of savings.
Cost Takeout FAQ
Stop overpaying for software you barely use.
A 10–14 day Cost Takeout Blueprint gives you a prioritized savings plan, renegotiation playbooks, and an ROI model — artifacts you own and can act on immediately.
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