Consulting firms form partnership
In addition to routing reviews, cost analyses and operations assessments, Management Partnership Services will now offer expertise in legal issues, compliance monitoring and human resource management through its agreement with Education Compliance Group.
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Management Partnership Services Inc. (MPS) has expanded its service offerings through an alliance with Education Compliance Group Inc. (ECG).
In addition to its traditional offerings of routing reviews, cost analyses, and operations assessments and outsourcing feasibility, MPS will now be able to offer its clients additional expertise in legal issues, compliance monitoring and human resource management through its agreement with ECG.
"The ability to call on the skills and expertise of subject matter experts such as Peggy Burns, Mark Hinson and Mike Burns, among others, will enhance the value of MPS' consulting services to our clients," said Tom Platt, president of MPS. "Issues of cost control, legal compliance, operations issues, technology implementation and management strategies can all be addressed through the unique combination of experts from MPS and ECG."
MPS provides student transportation consulting services to school districts with bus fleets ranging in size from as few as 10 buses to those with over 1,300 buses.
ECG provides services designed to ensure that educational administrators understand their obligations related to student transportation and student management, and potential legal ramifications of their actions and inactions.
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