Search for network Pivot in the consulting industry

The wide application of the Internet has given consulting more meaning than ever before. The consulting industry, which fully satisfies customers' needs, should not only transform itself, but also help customers keep up with the trend and correctly respond to the challenges of the Internet.
At the same time, in order to meet the increasingly complex needs of customers, the relationship between consulting companies and IT vendors is becoming closer and closer. The consulting industry, or a very important part of its business, can be said to have been integrated into the IT industry's value chain.
Over the past decade, the consulting industry has experienced rapid development around the world. In the United States, the overall annual turnover of the consulting industry has been growing significantly, and some consulting companies with a long history firmly hold the leading position among Fortune 500 companies.
At the same time, the wide application of IT technology, especially the Internet, brings new opportunities and challenges to enterprises. In the face of environmental changes and technological advances, enterprises urgently need to strengthen the construction of information systems to achieve enterprise transformation. Therefore, consulting services that fully meet customers' needs will have to go out of the inherent business model. They not only need to transform themselves, but also need to help customers keep up with the trend and correctly respond to the challenges of the Internet.
In the rapid development of information technology and the new pivot of the consulting industry, the consulting companies gradually realized that simple written strategy consulting could no longer meet customers' needs, enterprises are looking forward to more diversified and complex services. This is the fundamental starting point for all changes in the consulting industry.

Traditional consulting companies keep up with the trend. Some management consulting companies that are famous for providing strategic consulting have long been aware of the business opportunities and challenges brought by Internet and e-commerce. As a result, the research on the economic and enterprise Impact of Internet and e-commerce has been strengthened in a timely manner, and self-adjustment has been made to enter the e-commerce consulting field earlier.
Mckinsey and BCG are in the leading position in the world's consulting industry, although the core capabilities of these two enterprises are to provide strategic consulting and help enterprises make decisions that affect their development direction and performance, the proportion of e-commerce businesses is also increasing year by year.
As early as the tide of e-commerce came in 1994, McKinsey took the lead in setting up the e-commerce Business Center-@ McKinsey, actively carrying out e-commerce projects. Its frequent launch of McKinsey high-level management conference constantly proposes a series of e-commerce models that can be operated by users. Its first "information media" concept has led to the establishment of a large number of startups. Today, among the world's 6000 consultants, McKinsey's top 1/3 are engaged in e-commerce businesses. Provides strategic design and implementation from creative concepts to launch businesses, from management growth to global promotion. In 2000 alone, McKinsey completed more than 1000 e-commerce-related consulting projects, three times more than in 1999.
Boston Consulting, which is also well-known in the industry, is also actively engaged in e-commerce consulting. It conducts research on e-commerce through three complementary methods: customer service, investigation, and e-enterprise establishment. Through e-commerce incubator and acceleration, e-commerce is created and started, and consulting is conducted in project mode to provide flexible services for customers. The company currently invests more than 10 million USD per year for cutting-edge research. In addition, venture capital is also an important aspect of BCG's attention. It has established many e-companies by means of sole proprietorship, joint ventures, and even investment in employee ideas. May February 2002. In an early survey conducted by Forrester, BCG received the highest score.