Botswana Budget Cut Rescope: project record
The client's finance department cut the approved budget to $233,000 after orders were placed; three suppliers had already started production.
- Buyer and project
- A Gaborone, Botswana supplier of safety and mining equipment to local operations.
- Products and scope
- Mining safety equipment and workwear; 22 SKUs, original budget $310,000.
What LifaSourcing.com did
Re-scoped the package: renegotiated volumes, consolidated SKUs, and deferred non-critical items.
Negotiated price reductions across 3 suppliers using consolidated commitments.
Cancelled or postponed low-priority lines without penalty.
Re-balanced the delivery schedule to protect critical safety items.
Critical items delivered in full; total spend held at $229,000; under the revised budget; only 3 low-priority SKUs were deferred to the next cycle.
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