Latest Research
As a core membership service, PIU Members receive access to a high volume of in-depth market and best practice reports, and benchmarking studies.
Topics are scoped based on member priorities, with a variety of primary and secondary research techniques and value drivers employed by the PIU analyst team to deliver practical, timely and expert sources of intelligence.
Reports are delivered at both the Executive (What to do and Why to do it) and Operational (How to do it) levels.
An introduction to the following report types can be found below;
- Executive
- Category
- Supplier Market
- Technology
- Country and Regulatory Risk
Additionally, the PIU provides a Bespoke Research offering, catering to a broad range of specific or sensitive topics.
Executive Reports
Our quarterly executive research studies provide an in-depth, case study-led examination of high-priority CPO topics. Outlined below are some recent PIU Executive Reports.
Third-Party Risk: The Cost of Uncertainty (Q4 2011)
Third-party risk is a rising concern for procurement. The increasingly globalised nature of supply chains and the rising use of outsourcing is heightening business' exposure to risk. But how does procurement manage this risk? And how can it reduce the effect of unexpected events on the organisation?
This Executive Research piece benchmarks some of the key metrics in procurement's approach to managing risk in the supply chain. It examines risk identification, mitigation and disaster response.
Strategic Category Management: A Shot in the Arm for Procurement (Q3 2011)
Category management is one of the most successful and widely used sourcing strategies in procurement. However, in many organisations the approach has stalled and failed to live up to expectations. This report aims to draw out some of the interesting practices of those companies that have delivered sustained savings and broad, non-cost value to the business. The PIU has identified the behaviours of those purchasing functions that have extracted maximum potential from category management and some of the success factors needed to produce the promised value.
CPO Strategy 2011: From Breadth to Depth (Q1 2011)
The PIU's second annual procurement strategy study reviews how the procurement function has changes in the last 12 months, by using metrics such as spend under management, key success factors and KPI's amongst others. The study also provides a forward looking analysis of where the function is heading over the next decade and how prepared it is to meet the megatrends influencing the world in which it operates.
Spend Analysis Tri Series (Q4 2010, Q1 2011 & Q2 2011)
The PIU defines spend analysis as a transformational process that provides organisations with the enabling mechanisms to gain greater insight into spend under management. Furthermore, effectively executed spend analysis systems act as a precursor to improving category management processes as they provide the information to support the development of effective purchasing strategy, including significant cost-reduction opportunities.
This report, comprising three related parts, focuses on the user experience, provides a unique global competency framework for Spend Analysis and finally, delivers a full vendor benchmark and analysis.
Operational Reports
Each week the PIU publishes new Operational Reports, choosing priority subjects from four main report types; Supplier Market, Category, Country and Regulatory Risk and Technology.
These studies focus on the latest topic trends, market structure and key players, subject value drivers, innovations, case studies and importantly, provide 'so what' analysis to provoke thought and supplement member decision making.
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