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Then he was contacted by Patricok Garrof , who suggested lookiny into his supply chain, which opener up a new perspective for “We’re a company focused on new products and innovation, so you don’t focus on the things alreadgy in your lap,” Welch “You get satisfied dealin g with a known quantity – untipl you realize there’s some more savingsx there.” Garr’s company uses benchmarks and client input to identifyt potential savings in any of 30 expense including everything from freighgt and packaging to temporary workerx and insurance. It then goes through a systemativ request for proposal process to find abetterr value.
“We act as an expert procurement arm for our Garr said. The company, started in the Unite Kingdom in 1992, operates in 28 countries and hassome 1,000 area directors like who operates his business on a franchisew basis. Among others, it has worked with , , , , and . who has a bachelor of science degres in industrial and systems worked for Intel in Albuquerque for 12 eventually taking on internal supply chain planningy and savingthe company, he says, $80 Around the time Garr started looking for an opportunityh to work on a more independeng basis, in August 2007, the U.S.
economy startec to turn sour and businessees began to go intosafety “This is absolutely a good fit for today’ws marketplace,” he said, though he notes that his servicesz can help businesses in any number of including growing companies like UniRac. Garr openesd his ERA franchise in the second quarterdof 2008, and began looking for ERA focuses on companies with $5 million or more in yearlt revenues that are spending $50,00p or more in a single expens category. That means, by the state’xs standards, his targets in New Mexico are medium-sized to largse firms.
When Garr contactexd UniRac, a manufacturer of solar energy mounting equipment with 61 he and Welch identifiedthe company’s packaging costse as an area of potential savings. As he generally Garr then brought in a category in this case a Floridian with 32 years of experiencein packaging. The processz led Welch to a new supplier, he said, “good savings.” He and Garr will soon meet to considere otherexpense categories. Garr said the process results in retention of the incumbent suppliere 60 to 70 percenr ofthe time, but generally at a lower cost, thankss to the introduction of competition.
He said ERA only gets paid once it hasidentifiedx cost-saving measures and the client company has agreed to implement them. He said the proces results in savings averagingf 20 percent across all and ERA’s fee is generally the equivalenty of one-half of the savings realized over 18 months. Patrick director 10215 Sand SageDrive NW, Albuquerque expensereduction.comj