Consultants Rick van der Werf and Lennard Weiss of Tompkins and Kosters analyzed EA's production costs and efficiency. They found costs of production, labor, and suppliers to be too high while productivity was too low. Their recommendations included a €7 billion cost-cutting program through improved sales, labor cost reductions, and lowering supplier costs. Specific proposals were to close EA's Belgium plant, start a new lower-cost production facility in India, prolong the working week to increase productivity, and source raw materials from China. The consultants concluded these changes could significantly improve EA's competitiveness.