Following this method, one district achieved great savings by reducing the number of slips and falls due to snow and ice. Monitor and evaluate maintenance and service contracts. Many districts use professional maintenance and service contracts for energy management, equipment repair, computer maintenance, cleaning, and other functions. Have your staff take a hard look at the actual time and supplies used and the time required to complete work requests, and make sure the work is being done to your standards. Examine and redesign school business processes.
Schools use hundreds of processes, and each takes up valuable administrative and employee time.
I've found that most of these processes have never been truly designed, but have evolved over many years of changing managers and policies. Because employees knew they could get deliveries quickly, schools no longer had to buy supplies in advance and maintain huge inventories. Your district can save hundreds of thousands of dollars by setting inventory targets and then closely tracking the products that move in and out. Regular tracking of inventory can also prevent theft problems. Use energy futures.