The Stephens Group, Inc.

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Thank you for visiting The Stephens Group web site. We are a full service management consulting firm specializing in software selection and implementation, systems integration, ERP, cycle time reduction and cost reduction programs. Mark Stephens, a former Big Four management consultant, started the firm in 1987 believing that he could better serve the marketplace through a small, senior level, highly focused firm. Over the last fifteen years, The Stephens Group consultants have provided their clients with cost effective consulting services and proven results.

Anyone who reads the business press regularly has encountered at least one article describing the horrors of a failed ERP implementation. Hershey Foods Corp's 1998 SAP fiasco is considered by many to be the highest profile ERP failure. It resulted in retailers having empty candy shelves in the weeks leading up to Halloween. An ERP implementation failure, however, is an equal opportunity demon. All of the top-tier software vendors can claim several.

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We have unique experience in helping companies that are experiencing serious operating problems and business interruptions caused by unsuccessful ERP implementations. The symptoms range from an inability to ship product, inability to invoice, poor production planning (making the wrong product) to undisclosed inventory shortages.

We have valuable experience in developing strategic operational plans which establish focus, streamline operations and align production facilities. As companies grow either through merger or acquisition, planning, production and distribution facilities need to be aligned to reduce costs and improve productivity. The Stephens Group has successfully assisted companies with the development of strategic operational plans ( citation ).

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