D. J. Simmons was a Cornerstone client from 2006 to 2016.  The Farmington, NM-headquartered oil and gas exploration company also owned Twin Stars, Ltd — a natural gas compressor sales and service company.  

John Byrom, D. J. Simmons President and CEO, initially retained Cornerstone in December 2006 to help source and implement a financial and operations performance management and tracking system.  The company required greater insight into the growing complexities of their business and to support the next step in applying for a Roadrunner Certification — the intermediate level of Malcolm Baldrige certification through Quality New Mexico. The company earned its Roadrunner designation in 2010.

Subsequent assignments consisted of project management oversight on the implementation of major project maintenance system including documentation of business processes and selection of outside vendors and the implementation of a robust set of digital data dashboards. More about digital data dashboards can be found by clicking here. Cornerstone served the client through 2016 when the company was forced into bankruptcy as a result of the significant collapse of oil prices and subsequent pressures exerted by lenders.

For further information, contact John Byrom (now Vice President of Business Development at PESCO, a Farmington, NM oil and gas equiptment) at (505) 215-9756.

Dr. Nancy Shepherd, Presidential Assistant for Community Relations and Dean of the Community Learning Center along with others at San Juan College are long-time clients. Over the years, Cornerstone has assisted the College with its strategic planning activities, operation of the business incubator, consulting on developing new approaches to internal governance, community focus groups and a host of other activities.

For further information, contact Nancy Shepherd at (505) 566-3264.
www.sanjuancollege.edu

San Juan Reproduction is both an old and a young company. Serving the high-quality printing needs of the Four Corners since the 1950’s, San Juan Reproduction is also a young company as a result of its recent dramatic growth through the acquisition of several smaller Farmington-area printing companies.

Working with owner Michael Kelley, Cornerstone is helping the company successfully integrate its acquisitions by reinforcing existing operational procedures or creating new ones that are better suited to the business’ much larger scale.

In the fiercely price competitive printing business, operational excellence is directly correlated to profit margin and Cornerstone is pleased to be serving San Juan Reproduction in helping bring the full profit potential of their recent investments to the bottom line.

For further information, contact Michael Kelley at 505.327.5044

Parker’s Inc. OFFICE PRODUCTS

Parker’s was Cornerstone’s first client. Parker’s is owned by the Smith family and is Farmington’s oldest full-line office products store. The company’s 50-year history of customer service and local presence set an ideal stage for business development activity and reinvigoration. Our business development goals are to enhance operations with an eye toward further improving customer service, profitability and cash flow.

Working with the entire Smith family and several key team members, Cornerstone has helped Parker’s draw fact-based conclusions about the profitability of individual customers and market segments, develop an ideal customer profile, implement key customer-service performance indicators and create the new mission statement below:

The mission of Parker’s Office Products is to distinguish itself as the Four Corners’ preferred full-line office solutions company known and valued for its superior customer service, quality products and competitive prices. We advance toward our goal by asking “If we were the customer . . .”

For further information, please contact Jeff Smith, President, at 505.325.8852
www.parkersinc.com