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Welcome to MMG Consulting, Management Consultants, India Operations

Web Site Launch Date: December 11, 2002

Last Update: Monday, November 03, 2008 .

Introduction

Thank you for your visit to the official website of MMG Consulting, India, a unit of Madras Management Group, commonly referred to as MMG. All operating units of MMG Consulting are hosted as sub domains of www.mmgconsulting.biz. The Indian unit URL is www.india.mmgconsulting.biz or www.mmgconsulting.biz/india/. We can be contacted over phone at 91-44-2244 0127 & 91-44-2255 4062, Fax: 91-44-2434 8172 or by e-mail at ipr@mmgindia.com or ipr@mmgconsulting.biz or ipr@mmg.name. A short presentation of our credentials in 'pps' format (190Kb) can be downloaded by clicking here. Please right click and download the file. If you require any specific information from us, please fill in the information required form and send it to us.

About our Business

We are Chennai, TN, India headquartered Management Consultancy firm and provide management consultancy services. We are broadly involved in management consultancy in the following main domains:

Strategic Planning

Corporate & Policy Development

Change Management

Business Process Reengineering

Product, Brand, Service management and Integrated Product Development

Marketing, Sales and Positioning Strategy - Review and Formulation

Human resources

Improving overall operational efficiency

Technology Review, Planning & Management

Operations Management

Quality Management. We are not involved in any quality certification process though we do act as resource persons

Supply Chain Management

Lean Enterprise Implementation

Program Management Resources, Skills & Training

Business Planning, excluding financial planning

Exclusions & Other Arrangements

We do carryout financial analysis of performance to understand the present status of health of an organization. This is required for strategy formulation. However, we do not offer any financial advice or financial services, to avoid conflict of interests.

If the financial information given to us is wrong or doctored, our recommendations based on such information will also be not correct. We are not liable, in any manner, for such errors. We will assume that whatever financial information is provided to us by the client is true, factual and correct.

Some clients require financial services as part of the overall package. In such cases, we enter into partnerships with financial services firms or individuals to offer such services, either under our own or the financial services firm's umbrella depending on the relationships enjoyed with clients. We ensure that there is no conflict of interests in such cases and there is total independence of entities concerned.

We also have partnerships with other consultants and consultancy firms to act as resource persons, as and when required.

Various Services Offered

We offer our services in the following sub domains to various clients.

Strategic Plans for Organizational & Corporate Development

Establishing Mission, Vision & Big Audacious Goals

Performance Audit - Excluding Financial Audit

Establishing Performance Management Systems

Organizational Development Interventions

Enterprise Diagnostics

Due diligence in Marketing, Strategic Planning & Operations

Training & Development for all levels of Management

Psychometric Profiling

Job Mapping - Job Description, Main responsibility, KRAs and Boundary roles

Competency Mapping

Search, Placement & Recruitment Services

Need Analysis

Compensation/Benefits - Analysis & Surveys

Succession & Career Planning

Competitiveness index ratings of organizations

Organization capability review

Market Research & Surveys

Procurement Analysis and Procurement Planning

Business Plans and Feasibility studies

Improving overall operational efficiency by studying and recommending suitable changes in strategy, structure, systems, methods and processes in both manufacturing and service sectors

The above list is indicative. For specific needs, please do get in touch with us.

VISION AND VALUES

To become one of the most respected provider of integrated management consultancy services based on integrity, principles, values and ethics in any part of the world.

To delight the clients by providing the right advice, the right information and at the right time

Recognize and respect the fundamental rights of people to have their own views and opinions

Do not act like a Mercenary, Messiah or Dependency Builder in the words of Mr. Ron Carucci and Ms. Toby Tatenbaum in their book "Value Creating Consultant" published by AMACOM, New York, USA.

Create something of value. Money is the by-product of your efforts, sincerity and hard work. If you look only for money, then be prepared to fail

Fairness, Honesty, Sincerity, Openness and Transparency in all business and personal dealings

Never compromise on Integrity, Principles, Values and Ethics

Business Philosophy & Policies

Help clients create a business process to manage and thrive on change

Look at all problems holistically, always with an open mind and suggest probable solutions. Remember Aristotle's famous saying: "Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities"

Develop systematic team work and at the same time retain your independent outsider identity

Do not get dragged into politics, controversies or bickering at client's end. Do not fish in troubled waters

Assist developing long term solutions

Focus on people by supporting and developing them

Strive for excellence through speed, innovation, leadership and team work

Build relationships based on mutual respect and trust

Look for win/win situations for all stakeholders

The client is always in a more powerful position to decide in your favor or not. Negotiation is always possible, between unequal parties, in terms of size, as long as the need exists and you can satisfy the need.

Provide the best customer value proposition at all times

Add and create value to a client's business

You cannot satisfy everybody. When you try to satisfy everybody, you end up satisfying nobody

Never take up an assignment without a specific terms of reference (ToR) or a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

It is good to be diplomatic in our profession. However, do not take an ambiguous or vague stand under the guise of diplomacy

Draw a code of conduct. Do not cross the line of decency and do not allow anyone to cross the line.

Integrity and Commitment are more important than money

A management consultant is not a 'rubber stamp' or a 'yes man' or a 'dummy' to endorse the actions or decisions of a client. A management consultant is not a magician to make problems disappear overnight. Make it very clear in the beginning itself. It will save you a lot of grief and misunderstandings later

Keep the ethical and operating standards very high all the time and beyond reproach. To be viewed as one of the best people to deal with in the world in our areas of competence

Who and What is a Management Consultant ?

The Institute of Management Consultants, UK defines a management consultant as follows:
A Management Consultant is an independent, experienced and qualified person who provides a professional service to a business, government and any other undertaking by:

Identifying and investigating problems concerned with strategy, policy, markets, organization, procedures and methods;

Formulating recommendations for appropriate action by actual investigation and analysis, with due regard for broader management and business implications;

Discussing and agreeing with the client, the most appropriate course of action;

Providing assistance, where required by the client, to implement the recommendations;

Management Consulting has three approaches: 1. Expertise Consulting 2. Business Process Consulting and 3. Contingency Consulting. We adopt any or all approaches, depending upon the circumstances and relationship with the client.

The cost of price - The price of value

"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper. People who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. It is unwise to pay too much, but it is unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it's well you add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better." - John Ruskin - British Author & Writer

Why MMG ?

We would like to quote the great Mr. Robert Townsend from the book "Further up the organization" on his observation on "Management Consultants" and the same is reproduced in italics below:
"The effective ones are the one-man shows. The institutional ones are disastrous. They waste time, cost money, demoralize and distract your best people and don't solve any problems. They are the people who borrow your watch to tell you what time it is and walk away with it ........... " --- Published by Michael Joseph, London, UK, 1984, Page Number 128
It would be impolite of us to publish the entire extract in our pages but those interested can refer to the book.
Why organizations, in businesses as diversified as light & heavy engineering, manufacturing, contracting, project management, trading, logistics, educational institutions, freight handling, IT services, travel services, insurance, real estate, banking, retailing, consulting, thermal engineering, power plants, broadcasting and fast moving consumer products, when in need to consult, train, recruit and assess their staff, choose a small management consultancy firm like MMG? The reason is, MMG provides Total Management Consultancy services covering all aspects of corporate management - excluding Finance, providing maximum value for money spent by the client. Building relationships, based on mutual respect and trust. Full involvement, service and commitment to people and the organizations they represent. Always following "Ethical practices over Everything else" in keeping with its signature. Find out what makes us unique, world class, ranked along with the best and different. Get in touch with us and let us explore how we can work together for mutual benefit.

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