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Cost Reduction and Profit Improvement Strategies

Rising electricity tariffs, fuel costs and logistics disruptions have squeezed margins across South African industry, making structured cost reduction a board level priority rather than a once off exercise. This course gives finance and operations staff a disciplined method for identifying genuine savings opportunities, distinguishing cost cutting from cost avoidance, and sustaining improvements without damaging service quality or staff morale.

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What you will be able to do

  • Differentiate between cost cutting, cost avoidance and cost containment approaches.
  • Analyse a cost base to identify controllable and uncontrollable spend categories.
  • Apply activity based techniques to uncover hidden and duplicated costs.
  • Evaluate energy, logistics and procurement spend for savings opportunities.
  • Design a profit improvement plan with clear ownership and timelines.
  • Track and sustain cost savings using appropriate key performance indicators.

Course outline

  1. 01Diagnosing the Cost Base
  2. 02Cost Cutting Versus Sustainable Savings
  3. 03Activity Based Cost Analysis
  4. 04Energy and Logistics Cost Management
  5. 05Procurement Driven Savings Opportunities
  6. 06Building a Profit Improvement Plan
  7. 07Change Management for Cost Programmes
  8. 08Tracking Savings and Reporting Results

Who should attend

Financial managers, operations managers, cost accountants and department heads accountable for expense budgets.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
8 to 9 Oct 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Closed
12 to 13 Oct 2026Cape Town2R10,000Closed
13 to 14 Oct 2026Durban2R10,000Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
29 to 30 Oct 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Nov 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
4 to 5 Nov 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Nov 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Nov 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Nov 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
16 to 17 Nov 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Nov 2026Online2US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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