DGAP-News: Survey: In-house consultancies report strong growth in restructuring projects
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Survey: In-house consultancies report strong growth in restructuring
projects
17.12.2012 / 10:17
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Survey: In-house consultancies report strong growth in restructuring
projects
+++ A successful year for internal consulting +++ Further development of
fields of expertise +++
Frankfurt, December 17, 2012 - The internal consulting units of leading
companies in Germany are noticing a marked increase in the demand for
consulting services with restructuring projects. This emerged from a survey
among members of the Inhouse Consulting Network, an association of 30
in-house consulting units from leading German companies. Accordingly, in
the past year, restructuring and cost-reduction projects made up 16 percent
of all in-house consulting projects. This is twice the amount of the
previous year.
The long-term prospects of the in-house consulting industry make cost
cutting and restructuring, especially in Europe, a significant long-term
issue. 'For many companies it is extremely important that their operational
excellence programmes and reorganisations follow a holistic approach that
also respects corporate values,' said Alexander Meyer auf der Heyde, head
of Bayer Business Consulting. 'Internal consultants not only have a high
level of expertise, but are closer to the topic and therefore able to
develop sustainable solutions that are more closely aligned to the needs of
the company and its employees.'
For a total of 74 percent of the companies surveyed, the main reason for
awarding restructuring projects to internal consulting units, apart from
the high level of professional expertise, was to reposition the company
closer to its core business, to decision makers and to the corporate
culture. Almost half of these believe this share in the consulting sector
is growing because in-house consulting teams are becoming increasingly
skilled and therefore increasingly proficient. In addition, trust between
consultant and company plays an important role for a great number of
network members. 32 percent believe that restructuring projects are
increasingly awarded to internal consultants rather than external
consultants, because the former enjoy a trust advantage over the latter.
This trend will continue in the coming year. 65 percent of the companies
surveyed will continue to develop their consulting work in the
restructuring field. In addition a further quarter of the internal
consulting units are scheduled to become active in this field for the first
time.
For the most part, in-house consultants can look back on a successful year.
According to the survey, internal consulting turnover rose by 17.7 percent
in 2011. For 2012, the in-house consulting units surveyed anticipate a
turnover growth on the same level.
Inhouse Consulting Network/initiative dichter dran ('being closer')
The Inhouse Consulting Network was founded in 2003 and now has 30 members.
The name stands for the continuous exchange of experience and best
practices on issues such as methodology and quality standards in in-house
consulting, as well as benchmarking across company boundaries. In addition,
in 2008, several of its members launched the initiative dichter dran
('being closer') to provide the public and potential applicants with
insight into in-house consulting and to create aclear in-house consulting
profile. The website www.inhouse-consulting.de serves as its platform.
Press contact
MSL Germany
Stefanie Wetteborn
+49 (0)69 - 66 12 456 8337
stefanie.wetteborn(at)mslgroup.com
www.mslgroup.de
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