27 October 2017 the roundtable, organized by the RF CCI Committee for Consulting and the National Guild of Professional Consultants, was held. S.V. Hainish, Director of the International Management & Investment Consulting (IMI Consulting) of the International Research Institute for Advanced Systems, made several presentations on the following topics: “Improving operational efficiency – the basis for successful business” and “How to improve the operational efficiency of medium and small enterprises using benchmarking technology”.