The benefits of ERA

The Benefits of Working with ERA Group in the UK

Delivering significant and sustainable cost savings to your business across the UK

Working with ERA can generate a wide range of benefits to your business. Although our most common goal is to generate cost savings within your business, our experts focus on a huge range of other aspects including improving operational efficiencies, reducing waste and optimizing and consolidating processes.

All of these factors help to improve efficiency, improve cash flow and safeguard your future success. The extensive analysis work conducted by ERA can also give you peace of mind, particularly in terms of supplier relationships and contracts.

Ultimately, you define the goals and objectives. We are here to help you achieve those goals and you remain in control of which areas of your business we work on.

Below you will find a simple summary of some of the most important benefits of working with ERA. This is not an exhaustive list but hopefully it will help you to better understand what we can do for your business.

If you’d like to find out more, contact us today and we can organize a no obligation conversation with one of our team.

Leverage & Influence

ERA accesses price bands, added value services and discount structures – that are usually available only to the largest organisations, because we have exceptional supplier relationships.

Expert Knowledge

ERA’s experts were previously Company Directors or Senior Management in their respective fields. This expert industry-specific knowledge means that you can have access to a level of expertise equivalent or superior to that of your suppliers and experience in the minutiae of the contracts.

Information & Resources

ERA is continually testing the market in terms of prices and services and has unique insight into the supplier base and what prices, products, and services are available to you. You can also access the time and expertise of our entire organisation and over 100 category specialists, on a project by project basis as required.

Independence

While we are an influential force within the supply chain, we are immune to influence from suppliers. We have the ability to approach the whole market on your behalf, unrestricted by agreements or preferred suppliers.

Significant Cost Reduction

Our savings average circa 20% across all projects undertaken. In over 50% of cases, we can achieve savings without a change of supplier. In all cases savings are implemented without a reduction in the quality or service levels enjoyed by you.

Rapid Results

ERA brings expert resource to each review, which in some cases can take less than 10 weeks to reach a point where options to reduce costs can be presented.

Implementation Experience

ERA project teams have implemented thousands of projects involving change across over thousands of clients. You can be assured of our ability to make change happen without it being distracting to the core focus of your organisation.

Enhanced Cost Management

Tailored supply audit reports prove savings and provide insight and visibility that allow costs to be managed down, and suppliers held to account.

Ready to take advantage?

It starts with a conversation, so get in touch with us today and we can provide more detail about precisely how ERA can deliver value to your business.