Unfairly handicapped by the economy?

You’ll like our solution: We help golf courses and country clubs increase profit margins through cost reduction ─ without sacrificing member services.

We help food processors increase profit margins

through cost reduction ─ with quality and safety assured

Bank invested savings in new technology to prepare for sale

In this time of bogeys, wouldn’t some

eagles help the bottom line?

You face multiple obstructions in today’s economy. Whether your primary concern is rising prices for everything from food to fertilizer, falling memberships

and daily fees, unseasonal weather conditions, other forms of recreation that require less time and less money, lifestyle modifications, or all the above,

Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) can help.

ERA is an international network of 700 cost-reduction experts in 30 countries, including 250 Consultants throughout the U.S. As the world’s leading cost-

reduction consultancy, ERA finds significant savings in expenses common to municipal and private golf courses; country clubs; and other private clubs.

We use our knowledge, benchmark pricing data from 14,000 successful cost-reduction projects, proprietary software tools and proven methodologies to achieve savings in over three dozen cost categories, including:

Payroll Processing/HR Admin Waste Management

Food Services Uniforms and Linens

Utilities Leased Equipment

Chemicals (Fertilizers/Pesticides) Bank Charges

Insurance Merchant Card Fees

Imagine how you could use the funds generated by savings in these categories to help support special projects and ensure your long-term viability.

Why use Consultants with Expense

Reduction Analysts?

Expertise. ERA Consultants have experience finding cost savings in overhead expenses that are significant

and necessary to operating golf courses and country clubs. For example, our top food service experts have industry experience that includes executive manage-ment, franchise ownership and product development.

Time. ERA does the “heavy lifting” ─ from soliciting and evaluating bids, negotiating lower mark-ups and

helping with implementation.

Follow through. Consultants monitor invoices to ensure you receive proper pricing and realize your projected savings.

No Savings, No Fee. ERA is paid from the actual savings realized. If we do not generate savings, we do not receive a fee.

Specialization. Although you may go out to bid once or twice a year, ERA’s consulting network frequently gathers information for projects relating

to your industry every month.

Better than GPO pricing. Which strategy saves you more: An “average-price-for-everyone” or pricing negotiated specifically for your organization? Recent

ERA projects have improved on “one-size-fits-all” GPO prices by 11% to 18%.

42%

Client: East Coast country club

Expense: Food Services

Savings: 16.5%

Supplier: Incumbent & New

Synopsis: Country club faced challenges to maintain high standards as cost and member retention pressures intensified. ERA created a competitive environment and the incumbent “sharpened its pencil” for savings beyond

what the GPO offered. A new produce provider resulted in further savings.

Client: Private Midwest fitness, sports and dining facility

Expense: Payroll Processing/HR Administration

Savings: 36%

Supplier: Incumbent

Synopsis: ERA created competitive tension and simplified some processes to make the provider’s job easier ─ an improvement reflected in lower rates. Consultants also negotiated discounts on software and locked in modest annual increases to avoid the industry’s annual increases of about 7%.

Client: Well established Pennsylvania country club

Expense: Waste Management

Total Savings: 20%

Suppliers: Incumbent

Synopsis: Until current contract expires, savings achieved through recycling and operating efficiencies. ERA alerted client of pending 2-month “window” in which to avert an automatic 36-month renewal.

Client: Recreational and social programming organization

Expense: Chemicals (pool)

Savings: 53%

Supplier: Incumbent

Synopsis: Senior management of a $54 million operation asked ERA to help leverage their buying power potential. Multiple projects resulted in total savings of $340,000+ (average cost reductions of 19%).

Client: Private member-owned golf and country club

Expense: Uniforms & Linens

Savings: 22%

Supplier: Incumbent

Synopsis: The incumbent offered lower pricing in response to ERA’s thorough RFP. The current supplier provides a high level of quality and service and can accommodate the client’s future growth.

Cost-reduction projects in your industry