ForgeWorks (anonymized): Savings Snapshot
Manufacturing SMB • 61 employees
Highlights
Seat cleanup
38%
Plan downgrades
22%
Commit coverage
65%
Baseline monthly spend
$12,500
Projected annual savings
$20,100
Estimates based on anonymized benchmarks and usage heuristics.
Top Wins (annualized)
- ✅ Shadow IT cleanup: $5,100
- ✅ Teams replaces Slack: $6,100
- ✅ Azure RI 1-yr: $8,900
Savings Breakdown
Shadow IT cleanup $5,100
Teams replaces Slack $6,100
Azure RI 1-yr $8,900
Action Playbook
- • Normalize seat provisioning & deprovisioning
- • Align plan tiers to real usage
- • Cover baseline cloud with commitments
Complexity: low to moderate; mostly policy/plan changes.