Archstone Consulting, a division of The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), is a leading strategy consulting and operations consulting firm specializing in the consumer packaged goods, life sciences and manufacturing industries. It helps clients restructure and reduce their costs, while improving their business operations and enabling growth. Headquartered in Miami, the company has global offices in the United States, Europe and Asia/Pacific. The Hackett Group is an intellectual property-based strategic consultancy ‎recognized as the leading enterprise benchmarking and best practices implementation firm to Global 2000 companies. ‎Services include business transformation, enterprise performance management, working capital management, and global business services. ‎ The Hackett Group also provides dedicated expertise in business strategy, operations, finance, human capital management, strategic sourcing, procurement, and information technology, including its award-winning Oracle and SAP practices. The Hackett Group has completed more than 11,000 benchmarking studies with major corporations and government agencies, including 93% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 86% of the Fortune 100, 87% of the DAX 30 and 51% of the FTSE 100.‎ These studies drive its Best Practice Intelligence Center™ which includes the firm's benchmarking metrics, best practices repository, and best practice configuration guides and process flows, which enable The Hackett Group’s clients and partners to achieve world-class performance. More information on The Hackett Group is available at: www.thehackettgroup,com, info@thehackettgroup.com, or by calling (770) 225-3600. # # #