Interim Management Companies.

Supply chain interim managers; and consultants including distribution, procurement, warehousing, logistics, lean manufacturing and operations specialists etc. represent 100% of Executive Interims' business. This means:

• Our knowledge and appreciation of supply chain issues is more sophisticated than more generalist interim management companies, so...
• we understand better whether or not a particular supply chain consultant or interim manager will satisfy the expectations of our clients.
• generalist interim management companies have less supply chain specialists to call upon.
• we deploy our proprietary expertise profiling tool to identify the most suitable individuals for a client's needs very quickly and thoroughly...
• our supply chain specialists match clients needs much better than interim management companies that aren't specialists.

Furthermore, most generalist interim management companies offer interim managers from many disciplines, as illustrated by the distribution of individuals held on the database of one large interim management company (which publishes the breakdown of its interim managers on the internet):

• 31% - Interim General Managers
• 17% - Interim Sales & Marketing Managers
• 13% - Interim Finance Managers
• 10% - Interim Information Technology Managers
• 9% - Others
• 8% - Interim Engineering & Production Managers
• 7% - Interim HR Managers
• 5% - Interim Purchasing and Logistics Manages

So whilst the provision of supply chain executive interim managers and consultants is Executive Interims' core business, it appears that for generalist interim management companies the percentage of supply chain specialists on the database probably accounts for only about 10%.