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Title: I saved a logistics company $4,200/month on IT costs using 5 checklists — here's the exact system (free framework inside)

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I was a few months into consulting for a mid-sized logistics firm. They were bleeding cash on IT — $9,800/month on a stack they barely used. The owner thought it was “just the cost of doing business.” Turns out, it wasn't.

I dug into their invoices and found:

  • 3 unused SaaS tools for inventory management (they’d migrated to a new platform but kept paying for the old ones — $1,200/month).
  • 60TB of unused cloud storage (they’d upgraded to a premium tier years ago and never cleaned up — $800/month).
  • Two redundant CRM integrations (one synced twice, billing double for data processing — $400/month).
  • An overpriced support contract (they were paying for 24/7 premium helpdesk, but only used it 3 times in 6 months — $1,800/month).

I built a simple system: 5 checklists to audit IT spend weekly, monthly, and quarterly. First pass saved them $4,200/month. Second pass (3 months later) caught another $600.

The 5 checklists (free framework):

  1. SaaS Audit — List all subscriptions, log actual usage (users, logins, features used). Cancel or downgrade anything under 30% utilization.
  2. Storage Cleanup — Check cloud storage for duplicate files, old backups, unused archives. Rightsize the plan.
  3. Integration Overlap — Map every tool connection. Kill any that process the same data twice.
  4. Support Contract Review — Compare actual support tickets to service level. Negotiate down or switch to per-incident billing.
  5. Hardware Lease Scrub — Check for old laptops, servers, or phones still being billed after replacement.

Where to get the full toolkit:

I turned this into a 15-checklist “IT Cost Slasher Toolkit” (includes budget templates, vendor negotiation scripts, and a monthly review dashboard). It’s $29 on Gumroad — [link].

No fluff, just spreadsheets and PDFs that actually save money. I’ve used this with 3 other midsize clients now — average savings $3,800/month.

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