Looking for a new strategy with sustainable and innovative ideas?  We can help.

Welcome to Newport Consulting Group.  Our principals and staff maintain over 250 years of combined experience in the management and consultation of established Fortune 500 enterprises, high-growth Inc. 5000 companies, top-25 public sector agencies, and not for profit and charity (NFPC) groups. 

We invite you to learn about our heritage, our services, and our value to our clients.  Let us show you how you can start a new tomorrow today.

Sustainable Growth for C21 Companies

Sustainability means more than reporting against a triple bottom-line.  It means taking a strategic look at long-term viability and growth for stakeholders, employees and customers of your company using a value-based stewardship model we find promotes 21st Century or "C21" growth.

Our principals have been active in sustainability since 1998 and strategic initiatives for over 25 years. We can help you plan, align, structure, and monitor value-based business operations using leading edge analytics and technology and practical business improvement methods.  Learn about our work in several sustainability frameworks and our new partnership with Social Accountability International (SAI) and SAI’s Social Fingerprint® program for business improvement.

Social Business Strategies for GrowthJoin Newport Consulting principal Liz Garnand and managing principal William Newman for a series of Social Business Webinars "Maximizing your Voice in the Social Media Space" sponsored by the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) Academy. All three webinars are now available on-demand at the IMC Academy marketplace, course number AL212!

Visit us at the SAP Insider GRC2012 and Financials 2012 conferences March 13-16, 2012 in Las Vegas. Follow our briefing with hashtags #GRC2012 and #FIN2012 on twitter (@newport_consult).

GRC Expert LIVE: How SAP solutions can make audit management processes more cost-effective

GRC Expert LIVE: Program risk and change management for SAP BusinessObjects GRC and EPM solutions

Discussion Documents

When and How to Conduct a Solution Design Review get it

Automotive Product Lifecycle Management - Audiocast of the SAPPHIRE 2007 presentation featuring Managing Principal William Newman listen to it

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News and Articles

December 22, 2011 New White Paper by principal Liz Garnand: Conflict Minerals - How Manufacturers Can Stay Ahead of Unformulated but Inevitable Regulations read it

December 21, 2011 New White Paper by principal Liz Garnand: Meeting the Automotive Challenge of Creating Sustainability in a Complex Supply Chain read it

December 9, 2011 SAP Announces its Sustainable Business Network Platform read the article on searchSAP.com

November 7, 2011 - Strategy Management iPad app Offers Balanced Scorecard Access Anywhere read the article on searchSAP.com

October 22, 2011 - Decompressing ... and Learning ... from TEDx Flint read the blog post by TEDster William Newman and his "model for personal sustainability"

October 20, 2011 - IT Transformation Plans with Mobile Strategy More Likely to get Funding listen to the podcast with managing principal William Newman and searchSAP.com site editor Todd Morrison

October 5, 2011 - Mobile Computing Offers Inroads to Executives, Profit Models for SAP Customers read the article on searchSAP.com by principal Jesse Jacoby and managing principal William Newman

October 4, 2011 - How SAP Solutions Can Make Audit Management Processes More Cost-Effective read the article on GRC Expert (login required)

September 1, 2011 - Implementing Supply Chain Management Abroad Raises Tricky Issues read the interview article

August 9, 2011 - Global IT Outsourcing Raises Compliance, Risk Concerns read the article

July 20, 2011 - Sneak Peek of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0 Offers Navigation Speed read the article

July 14, 2011 - Green Supply Chains Need Innovative Sustainable Packaging read the article by Newport influencer Dave Meyer

July 14, 2011 - Best Practices for Managing Sustainable Supply Chains read the article

July 7, 2011 - Mastering the IT demands of a Sustainable Supply Chain read the article

June 29, 2011 - Onboarding Suppliers to a Sustainabile Supply Chain read the article

June 15, 2011 - Social Accountability International announces new Social Fingerprint course read about it

June 13, 2011 - managing principal William Newman reviews supply chain sustainability read the article

June 4, 2011 - Social Accountability International and Newport Consulting Group announce new agreement.

May 25, 2011 - principal Liz Garnand explores web-based visuals for flexible HCM reporting read the article

May 4, 2011 - SAP BusinessObjects EPM10 introduces new UI, data handling in release get the article

March 28, 2011 - Track Sensitivity Analysis and Performance using SAP StreamWork read the blog entry

February 21, 2011 - Strategies for a Successful Post-merger Integration read the blog entry

January 7, 2011 - Comply with the EPA's MRR Standard with SAP Carbon Impact on Demand get the article

December 12, 2010 - Sustainable Procurement as Part of a Supplier Management Approach get the article

August 15, 2010 - Managing Principal William Newman reviews Global Trade Compliance models get the article

June 3, 2010 - GRC Expert article on Program Risk and Organization Change Management get the article

April 23, 2010 - Financials Expert article on Relationship Management using Financial Scenarios get the article

March 18, 2010 - ERP expert interviews managing principal William Newman and senior principal Bill Rudiak on building winning strategies for Corporate Sustainability Reporting read about it