Contracting Excellence Journal

Agile procurement defines next wave of success - how well do you walk the talk?

Posted by Julien Nadaud, Chief Product Officer, Determine, Inc. | Nov 15, 2018 4:02:00 AM

In this article, author Julien Nadaud tells how to strengthen your procurement strategies and make them easier with just one word: agile. He lays the basic groundwork to rebuild your present agile procurement strategies. And he concludes by summarizing two case studies surrounding specific examples of agility in action. For both these companies, procurement agility made all the difference…

New legal rights to challenge Australian Government procurements passed into law

Posted by Scott Alden | Oct 24, 2018 7:25:11 AM

In a significant step for Australian procurement laws, the Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 (Cth) (the Bill) passed the Senate without amendment on 18 October 2018.

COMIC CONTRACTS Everyone can understand them

Posted by Robert de Rooy | Sep 17, 2018 6:27:21 AM

Here’s an attorney’s story of how he developed visual contracts that everyone can read -- including people that are illiterate!

Topics: contract management

Negotiating success – five steps to simplify your approach

Posted by IACCM | Sep 17, 2018 6:09:04 AM

Negotiation – the art of reaching an agreement – is challenging to say the least. But without a well-planned approach plus a clear understanding of the terms or clauses you typically negotiate, you face defeat. Would you like to prevent this and get it right?

Topics: negotiation, contracting excellence, contract management

Cryptocurrency - How to survive legal risks and confusing regulations

Posted by Piotr Powazka & René Franz Henschel | Sep 17, 2018 5:49:39 AM

Piotr Powazka, independent Contract Management and GDPR Data Protection Consultant with Coauthor: René Franz Henschel, Professor, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, Department of Law, Aarhus, Denmark

Topics: contracting excellence, contract management

How Australia’s Department of Defence harnessed the power of the relationship

Posted by Dr. Bruce McLennan -- Director, Maritime Lifecycle Support, Australian Department of Defence | Aug 16, 2018 11:36:00 AM

Picture the board room at our biannual business meeting: our senior management team faced costly problems involving the Major Surface Ships Branch within the Australian Department of Defence.

Topics: performance management, organization & people, contract management

Ready or not, GDPR is here!

Posted by IACCM | Aug 15, 2018 2:44:31 PM

Now that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has become mandatory (effective 25 May 2018), what did your organization go through to satisfy the new law?

Topics: contracting excellence, legal, contract management

Two solutions for CM systems

Posted by IACCM | Aug 14, 2018 2:35:00 PM

If you are frustrated with using contract management automation, you’re not alone.

Topics: performance management, organization & people, contract management

Must we measure contract performance? Absolutely!

Posted by Ole Horsfeldt, Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel, Scandinavian law firm Ole Horsfeldt | Aug 14, 2018 2:24:00 PM

At a conference recently, an overheard comment went like this: “Why bother to measure contract efficiency? We know what good contract management is when we see it!”

Topics: contracting excellence, performance management, contract management