Stephanie E. Clark is an ERP consultant, speaker, and former manufacturing cost accountant with over 20 years of first-hand ERP implementation experience. She has worked directly with 500+ ERP projects, helping manufacturers and distributors move from spreadsheets, QuickBooks, and legacy systems into scalable ERP environments that support growth, control, and profitability.
Stephanie’s career spans cost accounting, manufacturing operations, solution architecture, and ERP professional services leadership, giving her a full lifecycle perspective—from early system selection through post-go-live optimization. Her work focuses on what happens after implementation, where many ERP projects struggle to deliver lasting value.
She specializes in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, with deep, practical expertise in inventory and manufacturing costing, financial reporting, production planning, dimensional reporting, and supply chain execution. Stephanie is particularly known for diagnosing root-cause issues in ERP setups that “technically work” but fail to support decision-making or operational clarity.
In 2024, she founded Elliott Clark Consulting, a boutique Microsoft partner built around a process-first ERP methodology. The firm helps organizations identify process gaps, data integrity issues, and hidden profit leaks before automation—reducing risk and improving long-term adoption. This approach is frequently used for both first-time ERP buyers and companies seeking a second opinion on underperforming Business Central implementations.
Stephanie is a regular conference speaker, educator, and industry writer, with published work focused on ERP fundamentals, Business Central functionality, and real-world implementation lessons. She actively contributes to the Microsoft Dynamics community and is known for translating complex ERP concepts into clear, actionable guidance grounded in lived experience—not theory.
Her writing is informed by direct client work and emphasizes practical decision-making, realistic expectations, and sustainable ERP design. Readers value her candid perspective on where ERP projects go wrong—and how to get them back on track.
Areas of expertise: ERP strategy, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, manufacturing & inventory costing, financial reporting, supply chain processes, ERP readiness & second-opinion assessments.
