Topic: Expense Reduction Strategies & Tips

Speaker: Ted Leitch, Senior Principal Consultant, Expense Reduction Analysts Inc.

Agenda:
- 8:00 am – 8:15 am: Chapter Announcements and Self-Introductions
- 8:15 am – 9:15 am: Speaker's Presentation
- 9:15 am – 9:30 am: Networking

Presentation: 
Supply chains are either back to normal or approaching a state of normalcy.  Inflation peaked at 9% and now hovers around 5%.  Prices for just about everything have risen over the last 18 months but some input costs for manufacturers and distributors have actually fallen.  So what is the deal?  

In this presentation, Ted Leitch with Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) will discuss different markets.  He will look at underlying price trends and share what ERA analysts are seeing in these markets.  We will discuss which expenses you should be asking for price reductions and which you should be planning for continued increases. 

Speaker’s bio: 
Ted Leitch has extensive experience as a senior-level operations and sales executive with Fortune 500 companies. For the last fourteen years, he has been a principal consultant with Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA).  He has managed more than 100 projects for clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, distribution and hospitality sectors resulting in millions of dollars of savings.  Prior to ERA, as a Division Director, Senior Vice President of Operations, and Vice President of Sales with a Fortune 500 financial services company, he consistently increased sales, operating earnings, and employee productivity.

Leitch has a B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin.