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The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management is a non-profit membership organization first incorporated in 1999. The Association provides a global forum for innovation and collaboration in trading relationships and practices. It offers unique insights to the purpose and contribution of the contracting and relationship management process in both public and private sector. The IACCM membership currently includes representatives from more than 2,000 public and private sector organizations, typically those with large revenues, international interests and dealing with complex or high-risk contract relationships.

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Next 15 IACCM Events

Audio Calls

11 Feb: Ask the Expert - Vested Outsourcing

12 Feb: Ask The Expert – The Triple Bottom Line: A Study of the Use...

16 Feb: Negotiations COI - Managing for Margin Improvement

25 Feb: Ask the Expert - Complex Contracts: Executive Expectations and...

Conferences

23-25 Mar: IACCM Americas Conference - Orlando, Florida

24-26 May: IACCM Europe, Middle East & Africa Conference – Edinburgh,...

Live Events

11 Feb: IACCM Petro Oil & Gas Community of Interest - Houston

18 Feb: IACCM Board Meeting

25 Feb: Making Winning Contracts for Managed Services and Outsourcing...

14-16 Mar: Global IP Exchange - Germany

24-26 Mar: KEYS TO NEGOTIATING BETTER SOFTWARE AGREEMENTS - Orlando

Webcasts

9 Feb: Global Economy Report Webcast

9 Feb: Implementing SharePoint for Contract Management

17 Feb: Risk Management Community of Interest

24 Feb: Global Economy Report Webcast - Session 2

View all events: Only the next 15 events are listed here, please click here to view all the events on the calendar.

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A Tale Of Two Negotiators
How and where we spend our time negotiating makes a massive difference to results. Low-perfroming companies tend to invest heavily in negotiators - but then use them to overcome organizational inadequacies. [Click Here]

Toyota, Trust & Fairness
There are urgent lessons for our community to consider and learn from the challenges that Toyota now faces. Once again, it points to the long-term value of collaborative relationships and how these can be undermined by poor contracting practices and commercial strategies. [Click Here]

The Challenge Of 21st Century Relationships
Today's business environment is driving new thinking about the role and purpose of contracts. [Click Here]

Contract & Procurement Metrics
It is easy to resist measurements over which we feel limited control - because we fear being blamed for poor perfromance. Yet it is these types of measurement that offer the chance to shine as a leader of change. [Click Here]

BP Drives Savings
IACCM Board Member Dave Connor is featured in a recent CPO Agenda article for the success of the Procurement team at BP in driving substantial costs out of the business. [Click Here]

The State Of The Global Economy: IACCM Report
The second IACCM survey on the state of the global economy confirms that trading conditions for many are improving. But there are significant variations between regions and industries. [Read More]

Supply Chain Finance In Europe
France has implemented a new law requiring payment within 45 days. It is part of a growing trend in regulation to prevent abuses by powerful companies that distort trading conditions. [Read More]

Ease Of Doing Business
When it comes to the world of contracts and negotiations, what does 'ease of doing business' really mean? And does it make a difference? A recent IACCM survey offers answers. [Click Here]

Contracts & Commercial: Do We Have A VIsion?
A recent survey shows that recognition is our number one driver - and it is also high on our list of concerns. Our work is frequently under-valued - so what must we do to change that? [Click Here]

The New World For Contracting Professionals
From 'the new world' (Australia) comes reinforcement of the need for greater collective action by contracts staff to develop the wider attributes of 'a profession'. [Click Here]