(Finansavisen): Cost-cutting measures are no longer just something you do when an urgent need arises. It is part of the daily operations. The survey shows that eight out of ten businesses have implemented cost-cutting measures in the past two years. Among the bigger companies are the numbers nine out of ten, Finance writes newspaper.
– In a high-cost as Norway, there is a persistent requirement to conduct cost to keep productivity up, says Joachim Gullaksen at Deloitte, which conducted the study, told the newspaper .
The 130 businesses surveyed are also asked whether they have plans to introduce cost-cutting measures in the future.
On this question answer 70 percent said they plan this during the next 24 months. Increased price competition and a reduction in demand is the most decisive factors to initiate cost-saving measures.
The most common target for cost cuts were 10 percent and interestingly enough answered 84 percent of those that targets was obtained.
– In a corresponding global survey was success rate provided to 50 percent, as Norwegian companies are pretty good, says Gullaksen Finansavisen.
The industries that are most affected by cost cuts are services / consultancy and media industry. Here 100 percent of respondents introduced measures. Then follows production / industry with 85 percent and retail / wholesale and technology with 82 percent. At the opposite end of the scale oil production, which only one of four companies had implemented measures. It has surely changed after the sharp fall in oil prices.
– Yes, it would be interesting to run a new analysis today says Gullaksen Finansavisen.
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