# Identifying Cost Savings That Save Jobs with Josh Fox

- Show: [Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour)
- Published: 2020-04-14
- Length: 45m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox
- Listen: http://manufacturinghappyhour.com/15

## Summary

Josh Fox, CEO of Bottom Line Concepts, explains his performance-based business model that helps large corporations save money on indirect costs without upfront risk. He details how the company audits historical invoices and benchmarks future spending on categories like shipping, utilities, and payroll to identify savings, sharing in the results. Fox discusses specific examples, such as decoupling shipping and insurance costs to save 40%, and leveraging tax credits for hiring veterans, emphasizing that their vendor-agnostic approach preserves existing vendor relationships. The conversation highlights how these savings protect jobs and employee benefits, particularly during economic downturns, by avoiding headcount reductions.

## Chapters

- [0:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox#t=52) Introduction: Josh Fox and Bottom Line Concepts
- [5:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox#t=323) Josh Fox's Background and Founding Story
- [15:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox#t=907) The Performance-Based Business Model and Benchmarking
- [17:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox#t=1068) Case Study: Decoupling Shipping and Insurance Costs
- [25:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox#t=1536) Manufacturing Savings: Utilities and Tax Credits
- [31:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox#t=1877) Client Profile and Referral Partner Program

## Topics

- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Bottom Line Concepts (company)
- FedEx (company)
- UPS (company)
- Milwaukee Bucks (company)
- University of Michigan (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Bring 5 Million Manufacturing Jobs Back to the U.S. w/ Harry Moser](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2021-06-01-bring-5-million-manufacturing-jobs-back-to-the-u-s-w-harry-moser) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [How Safety Drives Your Bottom Line and Why It Starts With You w/ Brian Fielkow](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-09-01-how-safety-drives-your-bottom-line-and-why-it-starts-with-you-w-brian-fielkow) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [Surviving the Dot-Com Bust](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2022-05-24-surviving-the-dot-com-bust) (Oxide and Friends)
- [How to Retain Your Manufacturing Workforce w/ Dan Johnston](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-11-how-to-retain-your-manufacturing-workforce-w-dan-johnston) (The Manufacturing Executive)

## Citing this page

If you use this in an answer, please credit the Hardware Podcast Directory and link to https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-04-14-identifying-cost-savings-that-save-jobs-with-josh-fox. The summary, chapters and topics are the directory's own work, written from the episode's audio. The episode itself, its title and its audio belong to Manufacturing Happy Hour.