In this section you will find a simple list of good ideas for improving efficiency and making savings within your college – these are all taken from real examples from FE Colleges in England. For more information on any of the items please contact the FE Procurement Development Team. These are given to provide food for thought and help you identify areas for improvement in your college – obviously not for you to try and attempt all of them – simply to inspire and generate ideas.
The case studies give more detail and you are welcome to download these.
All efficiency gains and savings from these projects / areas of work can be recorded in the Efficiency Measurement Model.
There is now a a list of good ideas that have been pulled from the EMM returns received so far, this can be used to give colleges ideas for efficency savings or maybe highlight areas which have already been done that can be included in your EMM returns. In addition below there are some more detailed examples on completed efficiency projects.
- Automatic PC Shut Down
- Spend Analysis 1 (LSN through EXOR)
- Spend Analysis 2 (Spikes)
- Spend Analysis 3 (Cognos)
- Virgin Charity Line (Train Bookings)
- e-Prcourement Efficiency Case Study
- Role of a Procurement Officer in an FE College
- North West Collaboration Case Study (Buying PC's).Dec 08
- AquaFund water reduction
- Voltage Optimisation
- Insurance - collaboration (District Councils)
- Proposal for the collaborative tendering of ICT requirements for Colleges
- Efficiency Ideas
- Efficiency Ideas for Colloboration
Check out the efficiency ideas that have been collected at network meetings and the Little book of big savings Vol 1 and Vol 2.
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