
As 2026 kicks off it seems more and more implausible to Kick the Can down the road any longer. Businesses are still facing the Elephants in the Room we described in 2024, but Portland and Seattle problems are growing and spreading east. Winds are coming from the east and a storm brewing. The Leaks in the Ship are becoming more and more visible facing these threats.

“Either the tide’s out, or that leak is worse.”
Business Intelligent- Solutions
To address these challenges and threats (AKA problems), we are assisting clients in focusing on quantifying costs, and Return on Investment (ROI) of improvements, head on. Step by Step we
- Use process assessments and cost accounting to evaluate people, processes, information flow and costs.
- Develop a comprehensive and synergistic plan to achieve physical and financial gain, based on ROI.
- Mitigate risks and resolving problems to actualize improvements.
- Align people, processes and systems, so the ship sails against the headwinds.
We quantify the cost of risks, problems and change, before and after amelioration, to demonstrate the ROI.
Unlike other advisors, TMG leads and helps implement the improvements, carrying the water with you to achieve goals rapidly, and training your organization to be able to sustain on its own. We regularly take businesses from 5% net profit to %10 and beyond, within months.
The Mervyn Group delivers integrated business and process engineering solutions and systems designed to enhance performance, profitability, and collaboration. We help organizations expand market share, decrease costs, strengthen communication, and achieve operational excellence. Our core services include Business Systems and Intelligence, New Product Introduction and GTM, Quality Systems, and Operational Excellence, including Business Intelligence.

Business Intelligence – ERP and IT
Our Business Intelligence assessment is designed to optimize existing ERP and IT systems, and avoid replacement. Information and reporting process assessment and costing are foundations of Business Intelligence.
Facing the Elephants in the Room and Leaks in Your Ship? OR Clearer Sailing to your Goals?
Contact Debra Mervyn (Debra@MervynGroup.com) to learn how you can quantify costs and ROI and implement change to actualize physical and financial gains.