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International Trade & The Flat World 17 May 2013 | 01:52 pm
Interestingly, many of the patterns of today's international challenges are fundamentally unaltered from those which have prevailed throughout recorded human history. It is actually a story of wealth ...
What value contract templates? 16 May 2013 | 02:59 pm
The ‘laggards’ are those who develop templates purely as a method of internal control. They generally lack an established process for periodic review and update of the templates and almost none have d...
Contract Management & Legal: A Match Made In Heaven? 15 May 2013 | 03:38 pm
There is plenty of evidence that high quality contract management teams can deliver considerable value to the business – and this goes far beyond the specific role of the Law Department. Ironically, t...
Competitive Bidding – does it deliver benefits? 14 May 2013 | 07:21 pm
There are two problems for any buyer. First, can they trust a supplier to pass on benefits proactively? Second, how do they know that a particular supplier remains competitive over time? The IACCM vie...
IACCM’s 2012/13 Salary Survey for Contracts Professionals 14 May 2013 | 07:25 am
2012/13 Salary Survey Reveals Limited Change The latest IACCM Salary Survey looks at the state of the US market for contracts and commercial professionals. In line with broader economic trends, it fin...
What a difference a year makes 13 May 2013 | 08:48 am
Do you recall the end of 2011, when many commodity and raw material prices were soaring? That is when experts at Deloitte wrote a report ”Tracking the Trends 2012: The top 10 trends mining companies m...
Leadership and change 10 May 2013 | 07:20 am
Knowledge@Wharton has published an article featuring Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer at GE. Her message regarding leadership and change is important, especially for communities like Contract Ma...
Putting a value on commercial competence 9 May 2013 | 07:00 am
Research with clients revealed little difference in operational performance, but further analysis led to perceptions of 'greater value'. It turned out that these are largely based on the nature and ex...
Opportunities for contract and commercial managers 8 May 2013 | 05:33 pm
I was talking today with some of the top recruiters for contracts and commercial staff. We were comparing experiences in terms of market demand and trends. IACCM surveys have shown that most contracts...
Commercial Assurance 23 Apr 2013 | 06:20 pm
This year’s IACCM Europe Forum kicked off with a workshop on Commercial Assurance. Delegates were alerted to the growing concern by executive management over the quality of commercial awareness and ju...
