The landscape of Supply Chain Consulting is clearly moving towards a demand for a higher degree of specialisation into a defined sourcing category. The more generic kind of work with high attention on analysis has gradually shifted to a short-term, no-nonsense approach with key focus on the implementation.
With globalisation is mind, customers are also looking for consultancy companies with the ability to work internationally who understand potential cultural differences.
Together with the functional and soft expertise, cross-functionality and helicopter view still remain major contributors to the success of a given project.
More often, decisions to hire external specialist are initiated by board level members. These executives are mainly looking for solutions that are more anchored with their company’s core strategy. In the mid management range, people are still looking for consultants to fill the gap from a pure operational point-of-view.
Despite the tendency to upgrade the requirements for
Supply Chain consultants, companies are not always willing to pay more for the proposed services. The global ongoing crisis can be considered as the main cause for this price pressure.
So, the importance of smaller highly focused consultancy companies is growing. Let this be a positive warning for the bigger global players.
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