Sustainable Savings — The Concept | Federico Monge Consulting

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✦ Presentation 1: The Concept

Sustainable
Savings

Your Pipeline for Operational Excellence

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The Problem

Ideas die in
spreadsheets.

Every organization has them — cost-saving opportunities spotted by managers and analysts, captured in a one-off email, then forgotten.

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Cost-saving ideas are captured in emails and never followed up

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No visibility on who owns what, by when, or the financial impact

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Companies lose millions annually in unimplemented savings

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The Opportunity

15–30%

of annual operating cost — the typical savings opportunity identified in a mid-market company that goes untracked.

With a structured pipeline: 60–80% implementation rate, full financial visibility in real time, and clear ownership at every stage of the process.

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Ideas
Generated

→

20%

Without
Pipeline

vs

70%

With
Pipeline

→

$$$

Value
Captured

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The Framework

Five Stages.
Full Control.

Every idea follows a defined lifecycle — from evaluation to value capture — with full audit trail at every transition.

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Study

Feasibility assessment. Financial impact quantified. Owner assigned. Decision pending.

02

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Committed

Approved for implementation. Timeline locked. Accountability established.

03

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Implemented

Delivered. Value captured and verified. Reflected in financial reporting.

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Suspended

On hold with documented reason. Revisable when conditions change.

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Cancelled

Discarded — but not erased. Full audit trail preserved for governance.

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Savings Ideas

Cost Reduction

Contract renegotiations with suppliers
Process efficiency and waste elimination
Headcount optimization and restructuring
Procurement consolidation across units
Energy and overhead reduction initiatives

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Investment Ideas

Strategic Spending

Technology upgrades and ERP enhancements
Team expansion and capability building
Market entry and geographic expansion
Infrastructure and equipment investments
R&D and innovation initiatives

Both types tracked on the same pipeline — both measured against your financial plan, in real time.

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Financial Precision

Track every dollar.
In every currency.

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12-Month Cash Flow Mapping

Each idea mapped month by month — from idea submission to full value realization.

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Multi-Currency Conversion

Automatic USD conversion from PEN, COP, BRL, MXN — one consolidated view across the region.

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P&L / Balance Sheet / Cash Flow

Classify each idea by financial statement impact. No more mixing operational and capital items.

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Annualized & Effective Value

Run-rate annualized value and effective captured value — updated in real time as ideas progress.

12-Month Impact View — Sample Idea (USD)

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

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Accountability

Everyone knows
their role.

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Area Manager

Idea Owner

Creates and submits ideas for their department
Tracks progress on assigned initiatives
Updates implementation milestones
Requests reclassification when needed

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Financial Analyst

Validator

Validates financial data and assumptions
Confirms implementation dates and values
Cross-references with P&L and budget
Approves or flags for revision

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Administrator

Full Access

Configures business units and areas
Manages users and access control
Sets exchange rates and catalogue
Full visibility across all entities

"No more 'I thought someone else was tracking that.'"

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Reporting

Reports that
matter.

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Forward-Looking

Upcoming Implementations

What is coming in the next 30, 60, or 90 days — sorted by business unit and responsible owner. Never miss a committed deadline again.

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Financial Impact

Monthly Cumulative Values

Cumulative financial impact month by month. Track your savings run rate against plan. See exactly how the year is building.

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Accountability

Overdue Ideas

Who missed their commitment — and by how many days. Automatic flagging with owner name, area, and financial exposure at risk.

Export any report to XLSX or PDF in one click · Board-ready in minutes

Federico Monge

Founder, FMC

25+

Years of P&L Ownership

6 countries across LATAM & Europe

5 SAP implementations

Multilingual: EN · ES · PT · IT

NYSE listing experience (Ardagh Group)

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Tested in the Field

Across 6 countries.
In real operations.

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Country Manager Peru, Woden Group — 250 employees, live today

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Country Manager Colombia, Woden Group — 820 employees, multi-site operations

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CFO South America · CFO Brazil · Latin America Finance Director — Ardagh Group, Pierre-Fabre, Ingersoll Rand

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Multiple turnarounds, restructurings, and M&A transactions across LATAM

"I built this tool because I needed it as a Country Manager. Now you can have it — deployed and running in your organization within 24 hours."

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Implementation

Ready in
24 hours.

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Configure your organization

Set up business units, areas, and users — with role-based access control. Takes about 30 minutes.

2

Load exchange rates & financial catalogue

Set your functional currency, local rates, and P&L line classification. About 15 minutes.

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Invite your team — no accounts to create

Share a link. Area Managers access via browser. No new logins, no software to install.

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Start capturing ideas immediately

From day one your pipeline is live. First report available within the first week.

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Works on your existing Google Workspace — no new software licenses required

24h

To go live

0

New licenses

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Ideas tracked

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Why FMC

Not a consultant.
An operator.

Federico Monge Consulting brings the tools, frameworks, and accountability mindset of a seasoned C-suite executive — built for the realities of mid-market and multinational operations in Latin America.

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