Overview of the consulting market in Shanghai

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Global industry chain make China an integrated part of world workshop, so experience and management rules are welcome and quickly get implemented. Cost-down pressure make every manager look into ways to improve sourcing and operation. Fast-growing economy and fast money leaves many holes in management, so consulting do find jobs to fill the gaps. Global supply chain demand China companies to improve itself to meet global standard. 10% GDP increase of China will be a steady drive of the consulting business. Domestic enterprises have to improve their management under global competition environment. The competition becomes more and more fiercely. The consulting business lacks of specialists on many fields. Some companies have their own internal consulting department.

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[...] Competitive advantage : Han has many specialists in BPR/ IT and enjoys long cooperation with Oracle/ SAP etc. Han has successful cases in almost every major industry of China , steel, tobacco, textile etc. Challenge : They should balance internal growth, cash management , team building. [...]

[...] Understand well the industry Implement research works on the component manufactures and map the whole manufacturing process Give a detailed description of every sourcing step Find out the most effective transportation solution Challenge : The fragmentation of suppliers in different cities of China Knowing the true costs of the supplier Examples of sourcing cases : Ford automobile company bought for 1billion$ of car components and fittings from China Wal-Mart founded a sourcing center in Shenzhen Philips launched a 5billion $ sourcing plan in China Trends of Sourcing Sector : China has become the world manufacture center The sourcing consulting business will increase due to China's role in the global supply chain. Steps of sourcing consulting : Reach a good overview of the market Purchase component and semi-manufactured goods Strategy consulting Who are the potential clients? Retail/Telecom/Steel/Banking - Chinese companies entering the global business MNC companies wanting to settle in China How to provide a useful service to the client? [...]

[...] HVC HVC Fees First grade partner: 16,000 RMB/day Second grade partner or top analyst: 12,000 RMB/day Senor analyst: 8,000 RMB/day Advanced analyst: 4,000 RMB/day Analyst: 2,000 RMB/day Assistant analyst: 1,000 RMB/day Recent case HVC handle 60-70 cases per year China IT Culture development research Successful cases Jiangsu Mobile business consulting case Qizheng Pharmaceutical industry consulting case XX institution strategy plan consulting case Comments of HVC As the biggest management consulting firm in China, they have more professional analyst compared to other domestic consulting firms Compared to foreign consulting firms, HVC does use so much global-experience and professional analyst tools and steady clients case Han Consulting Han Consulting Background of the company : Once famous for IT (ERP/CRM/BPR), No.1 in China from 1998-2002 It nearly bankrupted in 2002 due to Cash Flow mgmt problems (They paid for Oracle system first and then slowly collected cash from clients). Merged by Lenovo in 2003, got independent again in 2005. Competitive advantage : Han has many specialists in BPR/ IT and enjoys long cooperation with Oracle/ SAP etc. [...]

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[...] Retail companies IT manufactures Heavy machine manufacturers How to provide a useful service to the clients? Overview, Critical Path Analysis , Confirm key mission of the plan Find out the weakest step of the sourcing / supply chain, then do some research work about this term Challenge : Not only finding out the weaknesses of the chain, but also finding out solutions Optimizing the sourcing / supply chain (not only theoretically) Examples of supply chain cases : E-business (电子商务) supply chain consulting Shenzhou (神州) IT business supply chain consulting done by McKinsey Tianshi Group supply chain consulting done by McKinsey Comments : The mission of the supply chain consulting service is not only helping clients to save time, but also to reduce costs to be more competitive Without a JIT supply chain, more time and money will be wasted China has become the world manufacture center, manufacturers need consulting to implement the best supply chain and then save costs and improve the efficiency Steps of supply chain consulting : Have a overview of the industry supply chain, classify the supply chains and analyze them Look over the clients' supply chain to find out the problem and give corresponding proposals Compare the clients' supply chain to the competitor, make some analysis Give a detailed supply chain solution to the clients The consulting arena : three distinct battlefields ID cards of the main actors Big multi national consulting firms Domestic and small international consulting firms Big accounting/consulting firms McKinsey McKinsey Background of McKinsey As the biggest consulting firm in the world, McKinsey stepped into the Chinese consulting industry in 1996 ; now 80% of its client is Chinese companies rather than MNC. [...]