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Fernanda Barjud (Legal Director, AMBEV), Mr. Flávio Bianchi (Federal Consultant in Economic Regulation at the Federal Attorney General’s Office), Ms. All in all, the panelists agreed that the increasing use of mediation and negotiation imply a change of mindset within Brazil, although there is still much room for growth.
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The internal process time to engage a consultant or a contractor for a routine service. This could be from better negotiating on contracts; consolidating the spend; value analysis techniques; material substitution; cost avoidance; or any other quantifiable savings. This would be reported as: 2,500,000 / 500,000 = 5X.
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