Case Study: Jessops achieves faster IT procurement and cost savings with KnowledgeBus

Jessops is the UK's leading photographic retailer with an IT department managing a diverse ICT infrastructure servicing both in-store and varied back office departments

Jessops, the UK’s leading photographic retailer, needed to speed up decision making across a busy IT department while maximising return on IT spend and eradicating overspend. With multiple projects running at once, evaluating costs for new purchases could take up to two and a half weeks. Jessops turned to KnowledgeBus and its online IT spend analysis tool to help address these procurement challenges.

KnowledgeBus implemented a CIPS-accredited IT spend analysis and benchmarking solution that automatically compares quoted prices against trade guide prices, stock levels, framework pricing, exchange rates and raw material costs. The result was faster, more informed buying: Jessops identified potential savings of £30,000 a year on one ink product alone, found £250 savings per till across 600+ tills, and reduced complex price evaluations from weeks to just two and a half minutes. KnowledgeBus also helped Jessops negotiate better deals and buy more or better ICT within the same budget.

Jessops

Neil Stokes

Group Service Delivery Manager