Future Purchasing is fully committed to carrying out regular research into topics that are of interest to the professional procurement community, and providing regular insights and briefings that cover the full procurement landscape. We produce insight briefings, articles for procurement publications, and research reports.
We are committed to providing regular updates to our contacts across the procurement community on topics that they are interested in. Our monthly bulletins are emailed out, and if you’d like to receive a copy please subscribe using the link on the right hand side of this page.
Some of our previous 2009 bulletins are listed below. All of our bulletins from September 2009 are in an email format and if you would like to get a copy please contact Duncan Brock: dbrock@futurepurchasing.com.
All the Insight Guides included in the bulletins can be found and downloaded from our Insights and Briefings page.
| Title | Description |
| July 09 bulletin | We continue our series of insight guides on NLP this month, covering the use of a tool Well Formed Outcomes to ensure successful achievement of goals. A second topic covered in the bulletin is the key elements to coach individuals and teams from a distance, something that is becoming more important as global teams expand and travel budgets are reduced. |
| June 09 bulletin | In this bulletin we look at how many companies are finding that SRM can significantly reduce and mitigate risk, based on some recent global research that we carried out with Vantage Partners. Also, in the first of a series of Insights Guides looking at improving communication skills, this month the focus is on using NLP to increase the ability to influence stakeholders and suppliers. |
| May 09 bulletin | This month, in the third of our series of Insight Guides on cost management, we highlight the core cost management skills that need to be developed and embedded within the business. We also look at ways to ensure that the pipeline of cost reduction projects that are being worked on actually deliver the agreed objectives within the specified timescales. |
| April 09 bulletin | This month we cover two topics that will help organisations deliver additional short and long term benefits from the supplier base. We focus on how to deliver accelerated savings from SRM, and in the second of a series of Insight Guides on cost management, we look at how to select the right cost management tools to use. |
| March 09 bulletin | We cover two different topics in this bulletin. Jon Hughes has written an article with John Dickson, head of global procurement at Diageo, to look at how Diageo refreshed and updated their approach to category management. Also, in the first of a series of Insight Guides on cost management, we look at how to balance short term crisis tactics with mid-term priorities and build a properly planned framework for action. |
| February 09 bulletin | This bulletin included two short articles with real relevance to the current pressures faced by procurement teams. One article focused on ways to accelerate savings delivery from suppliers, and the other on how to quickly improve team effectiveness. |
| Quarterly bulletin – third quarter 2008 | In this bulletin we cover topics such as strategic supplier relationship management(SSRM) and how to implement it successfully in the business; how to introduce a disciplined approach to commodity risk management; the different skills required for SRM compared to sourcing; and internal indicators of success for implementing category management. |
| Quarterly bulletin – second quarter 2008 | A range of topics are covered in this bulletin. How to accelerate the creation of sourcing strategies; a summary of research undertaken by Future Purchasing and Henley Management College that indicates that working closely with strategic suppliers can yield significant value; the four steps to develop a competency assessment programme; and the challenge of developing the next generation of leaders in procurement. |
| Quarterly bulletin - 2007 | This bulletin outlines four topics of interest. The critical success factors to fully implement strategic sourcing; the elements of strategic negotiation to get optimum value from major suppliers; the 10 steps to building a learning & development programme for procurement teams; and the best ways to engage stakeholders and create a project pipeline. |
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