Industries We Serve
Cost Validation for Manufacturers
The Opportunity
Where production runs hot, recurring costs run high.
Manufacturers carry some of the largest recurring non-labor costs of any sector — demand-driven utility bills, production and packaging waste, shop-towel and uniform programs, and plant-wide connectivity. Each is priced by a vendor, and each is easy to over-provision.
ICC benchmarks those costs against comparable facilities, corrects the billing and contract terms behind them, and keeps monitoring so the savings survive the next rate change.
Where the Money Hides
What we tend to find across your operations
A manufacturer's recurring spend is dense with vendor-priced line items — utility demand charges, production-waste hauls, industrial laundry minimums, and plant-wide connectivity — that rarely get a second look once a contract is signed. We benchmark each against comparable facilities to separate fair pricing from years of quiet drift, then correct the billing and terms driving the overage.
- Demand and power-factor charges on the wrong rate class
- Production and packaging waste billed on oversized, non-optimized service
- Shop-towel and uniform programs full of minimums and replacement fees
- Redundant lines and un-optimized connectivity across the facility
- Contracts that let vendors raise fees at will
Your Next Step
Find out what you're overpaying
Send one recent invoice for a free, no-obligation cost validation — or run the numbers yourself in two minutes. Performance-based: you pay only when you benefit.
What We Validate Here
The categories that move the needle for you
Every engagement can span all four categories. For your sector, these usually carry the most opportunity.
Why It Adds Up
The odds favor finding something
of audits find an error or overcharge
data points in our benchmark
typical window to recover past overcharges
Upfront — performance-based; you pay only when you benefit
Work runs off-site against your invoices — no disruption to your operations.
The Bottom Line
Practical takes on the costs worth questioning
Steve Thompson's podcast, videos, and newsletter — real perspective on operating expenses, vendor billing, and protecting cash flow. Worth a listen before your next invoice.