FR Strategic Sourcing Consulting  

We help you harness cutting-edge technologies, from AI and ML to automation, to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and future-proof service delivery. By renegotiating outdated contracts and implementing next-generation technology strategies, organizations become more agile, resilient, and poised for sustainable growth. This practice helps businesses continuously adapt to market changes, maintain competitive advantage, and unlock innovative ways of working. The result: a sharper, faster, and more transformative service model that aligns with evolving customer and stakeholder needs.

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): Embed AI/ML to automate repetitive tasks, generate data-driven insights, and accelerate innovation across your enterprise through a partner or in-house initiatives.
• Automation: Leverage robotic process automation (RPA) and intelligent workflows to streamline operations and boost productivity.
• Next-generation Technology Contracting: Structure flexible, forward-looking contracts that accommodate emerging technologies and evolving business landscapes.
• Future-proofing Services: Continuously refine and adapt service delivery models to remain agile, resilient, and relevant in a rapidly changing market.
• Renegotiating Outdated Services Agreements:
  Modernize existing contracts to secure better terms, align with today’s technology capabilities, and capture untapped value.

We guide you through the entire journey of selecting, contracting, and transitioning to third-party providers. From RFP creation and solution design workshops to interest-based negotiations and robust governance, it ensures seamless collaboration and risk mitigation. By aligning incentives and structuring effective change management, organizations achieve cost efficiency, enhanced agility, and elevated service quality. The result: a frictionless shift to an outsourced model that supports long-term growth and innovation.

• RFP Development and Advisory Support: Create robust RFPs and evaluate service provider proposals to ensure you secure the best-fit solutions for your unique set of challenges.
• Solution Development Workshop Facilitation: Bring business stakeholders and service providers together to co-create winning solutions that meet objectives while fostering buy-in.
• Negotiation Planning and Execution: Use proven, interest-based negotiation strategies to finalize contracts that balance cost savings with service quality.
• Governance Design and Implementation: Set up effective governance structures and processes that sustain high service performance and collaborative relationships.
• Transition Planning and Support: Guide your organization through each phase of transitioning to an outsourced model with minimal risk and disruption.
• Incentive Structure Evaluation and Alignment: Design performance-based incentives that drive continuous improvement and long-term, measurable results.
• Sole Source Value Assurance: Validate the competitiveness of sole-source deals to ensure the highest possible ROI.
• Retained Organization Design: Realign internal teams and roles to effectively manage outsourced partnerships and maintain strategic oversight.
• Change Management Leadership: Navigate cultural and operational shifts with clear communication, alignment of interest, and measurable stakeholder engagement.