Elliott Clark Consulting
50 Benjamin Drive
Ormond Beach, FL 32176
386-868-4932
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www.elliottclarkconsulting.com
Most manufacturers don't have an ERP problem. They have a process problem.
Elliott Clark Consulting (ECC) implements for manufacturers and distributors doing $10M-$150M in revenue. We fix how your business actually works before we touch a single configuration screen. That's the difference between ERP that sticks and ERP that sits.
Led by — and backed by a team of senior consultants who bring the same depth to every engagement. Not a junior consultant with a project plan. A partner who has seen what breaks, knows why it breaks, and has spent two decades figuring out how to stop it.
The Framework: Process. Technology. Automation.
Most ERP partners sell software and call it a strategy. We start somewhere else.
The sequence matters more than the software.
- Process first. We dig into how your business actually operates — finding the profit leaks, the invisible costs, and the inefficiencies hiding in plain sight before we touch a single screen. Most partners skip this entirely. That's why their implementations work technically and fail commercially.
- Technology second. Configure Business Central to reflect clean, documented processes. Skip this and you're building automation on a broken foundation.
- Automation third. Layer in Microsoft Copilot, Power Automate, and AI Agents — but only once the process and the platform are solid. Rush to automation and you get confident wrong answers, fast.
This is not a methodology we put on a slide deck. It's what 500+ implementations taught us about why ERP projects fail — and what you have to do differently if you want one that doesn't.
Who We Serve
We work with two kinds of manufacturers and distributors.
The ones who know something has to change.
You've outgrown your current system — or you never had the right one to begin with. You're scaling and losing control of operations. The spreadsheets are multiplying. Leadership can't get a straight answer on margins, inventory, or what's actually happening on the floor. You need Business Central done right the first time — processes optimized, team ready, and numbers leadership can actually trust.
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The ones who went live on Business Central and are still waiting for the win.
You survived go-live. But a year in, something still doesn't feel right. The workarounds multiplied. Leadership doesn't trust the reports. The ROI you were promised hasn't shown up. You need an honest, independent read on your Business Central environment — not from the partner who sold you the system.
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Industries We Serve
- Discrete Manufacturing — industrial products, equipment, components
- Process Manufacturing — full depth through ISV partnerships: Specialty Chemicals and Coatings, Food and Beverage (lot control, traceability, SDS/VOC), Cosmetics and Personal Care (batch/formula, QA, labeling)
- Distribution — wholesale, multi-warehouse, supply chain complexity
- Alternative Energy and Solar
If your business lives and dies by inventory accuracy — whether you're making it, moving it, or transforming it — we have the vertical expertise and the ISV partnerships to go as deep as your operation requires.
What Makes ECC Different
- We find what's costing you money before we touch the software. Profit leaks. Invisible costs. Inefficiencies your team stopped questioning because they've been there so long. We surface them, fix them, and then configure Business Central to lock in the gains. Most partners skip this entirely and wonder why their implementations underdeliver.
- Deep process manufacturing capability. Full formula management, batch production, quality control, lot traceability, and regulatory compliance — through our ISV partnerships. Chemicals, food and beverage, cosmetics. We go deep, not wide.
- Your team will actually use it. A system nobody uses is a system that cost you $500K and solved nothing. We build adoption in from day one — training for how your team actually thinks, not how the software was designed.
- Numbers leadership can trust. Clean reconciliations. Real-time dashboards. Visibility across finance, operations, and inventory from day one. Not someday. Day one.
- The only independent in the market. Already live and not getting the results you expected? We diagnose what broke and deliver a concrete 30/60/90-day improvement plan. No fluff. No long-term commitment required to get started.
- AI-ready implementations. We build the data integrity and operational foundation that makes Microsoft Copilot actually deliver. You cannot automate your way out of a broken operation — but once it's fixed, automation works the way the demo promised it would.
What Our Clients Actually See
- Inventory accuracy that shows up in margin — not just on a report
- Month-end close cut by days, sometimes weeks
- The shadow spreadsheets running in parallel finally retired
- Production visibility that lets operations make decisions without waiting on accounting
- A Business Central environment that reflects how the business actually works
- Post-go-live rescues that turn quiet frustration into measurable ROI
How to Engage
Three ways to work with us — meet you where you are.
Not sure if your operation can handle what's coming.
Take our 2-minute assessment — Are You Scaling or Just Hanging On? It tells you whether your systems, processes, and operations are built to grow with you or quietly setting you up for a breakdown.
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Already live on Business Central and still waiting for the win.
Get an independent Second Opinion on your Business Central environment. We diagnose what broke, what was never right, and give you a concrete 30/60/90-day plan to fix it. Paid standalone engagement. No long-term commitment required to get started.
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Thirty minutes. No pitch. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit and what the right next step looks like for your business.
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Verified Microsoft Partner on AppSource. Serving manufacturers and distributors throughout North America. Offices in Ormond Beach, FL and Peachtree Corners, GA.
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