The Logic Group’s track record of consulting to major FTSE100 organisations on their sourcing strategy requirements makes it ideally placed to advise on insourcing versus outsourcing (and whether to outsource on-shore, near-shore or off-shore), procurement and service transitioning, at a time when the need to deliver better services at lower cost is more important than ever before. In the process, The Logic Group is able to assist organisations with technological transformation, gain access to specialist skills and with focussing on core business.

The company's knowledge of the global marketplace, combined with specialist skills ensures sound advice and minimisation of risk through all stages of sourcing decisions. By working closely with both customers and suppliers, The Logic Group can apply its expertise to select solutions confident of meeting or exceeding even the most demanding client requirements. The group offers a unique combination of IT expertise with experience of managing outsourced environments, backed up by detailed service definitions and procurement models to ensure a rapid, comprehensive, low-risk transaction.

The company can provide independent and objective advice on benchmarking and market testing, the selection and procurement of technology and services, ensuring that clients benefit from the most cost effective and best matched suppliers. Risk can be minimised at all stages of the sourcing process, from assessment, benchmarking, procurement, contract negotiation and transitioning. The group can manage the entire procurement process from shortlisting suppliers, developing Request For Proposal/Invitation to Tender documents and evaluating candidate suppliers. The group's specialist expertise and wealth of experience in this area ensures that it can deliver the right decision within the tightest timescales.

The group's expertise in this area can be best shown through a project where a major insurance company recently completed the acquisition of another firm and set objectives to achieve significant savings through the integration of the two companies. In common with the rest of the organisation, IT was set a percentage of the overall saving. To achieve the savings in the timescales set out, the procurement arm of the organisation asked The Logic Group to provide support in the area of telecoms network infrastructure. The review assessed the competitiveness of current services, and implications for integration with the new parent company’s services. The review identified in the region of £2 million per annum savings, finding that the pricing offered to the client was better than the pricing received by the parent organisation for the same services.

Examples of the type of consultancy undertaken by the group in this area include:

•	Marketing testing and cost modelling
•	Sourcing strategy
•	Benchmarking
•	Procurement
•	Contract development
•	Contract renegotiation
•	Offshoring
•	Service aggregation
•	Transition management