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North procurement relationship is the use of Delaware North ’ s systems to do the ordering . There is little upside in this arrangement , Lorenzin says , but there could be a lot more . “ There ’ s potential in the future to partner with these companies and make use of the synergies that exist : there is a real case for forming a buying group with others in the market . An alliance of strong brands that are purchasing in comparable volumes to our own would make us a very significant entity for the supplier market to consider .”
Starting with the top categories , the team he has been hand-picking will systematically go through the suppliers , driving value where it can be most easily achieved . “ I have made a commitment to the business that we will reduce like-for-like costs by between 5 % and 10 %. One of the best things we can give this business from a procurement perspective is confidence and commitment in their cost base .”
In the second phase , Lorenzin will look to value opportunities in the logistics operation , through collaboration with partners . By far the biggest transport operator
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