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The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM) is a non-profit foundation recognized as the international authority on the role of contracting and Commitment Management in the global networked economy. A leader in research and innovative learning techniques, IACCM works with corporations, public and academic bodies to provide thought-leadership and understanding of 'best practice' contracting and relationship standards. IACCM defines organizational models and skills to ensure integrity, trust and the collaborative trading relationships that are necessary to support the continued development of the global economy. Its membership is drawn from more than 1,600 corporations and public sector organizations in over 90 countries and represents a community of contract and commercial managers, attorneys and supply management executives and professionals.

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Contract Management Automation - Delivering Compliance and Bottom Line Results - Recording
Access this podcast in which Tim Cummins, the Executive Director of the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) discusses the importance of contracting to global companies – and how improved contracting processes and technologies can help companies improve their compliance and bottom line results. [Click Here]
Contracting Excellence - July Edition
The July edition of IACCM's e-zine, Contracting Excellence, offers insights to several topical areas, plus useful ideas to raise your organizational impact and effectiveness. [Click Here]
Commercial Practices: Traps for the unwary, opportunities for the expert
IACCM's 'Ask The Expert' live interviews feature a wide variety of authors, academics and practitioners from around the world. One theme we cover is to explore and understand variations in law and commercial practice between jurisdictions. These certainly pose potential traps for the unwary, but also reveal opportunities for those with knowledge. [Read More]
Export / Import Control: A Case Of Growing Complexity
IACCM's latest Ask The Expert call featured "A Global Perspective On Import / Export Controls". Senior practitioners from a variety of industries participated in a lively discussion on the challenges of today's regulations and how they are improving their processes. The call offered cross-industry, international perspectives on a subject that is rising high on the corporate agenda. Listen to the recording and the 'next steps' for IACCM's export control 'community of interest'. [Click Here]
Study Launched On Post-Award Contract Management
Long the poor step-child of contract and commercial management, recent years have witnessed growing understanding of the critical role of post-award contract management. Once viewed as essentially an administrative task, management now understands its contribution to business outcomes, including innovation, growth and profit. [Read More]
Risk Management Through Contracting Excellence
The June edition of IACCM's e-zine, Contracting Excellence, focuses on Risk Management. We bring you an array of articles, interviews and opinions from around the world, featuring the perspectives and the methods being employed by Legal, Commercial, Contract Management and Sourcing experts and practitioners. [Click Here]
Contracts, Codes & Trust
More and more companies seem to be issuing 'codes of conduct'. For some, these are market-based codes designed to generate trust or establish ethical standards and values. Others may be directed at suppliers and potentially cover not only how the company will behave, but also the core standards that a supplier must maintain. But where do these 'codes' stand from a contractual perspective? [Click Here]
Making Sense Of Opportunity and Risk: The Journey To Contracting Excellence
Professionals in Legal, Procurement and Contract Management wrestle with the need to anticipate risks, without stifling opportunities. Pressures for compliance and risk allocation often do not sit comfortably with demands for greater innovation and added value. Yet that is the balance that markets and management demand today. [Read More]
From Solution To Service Provider
An increasing number of suppliers have transitioned from 'solution' to 'managed service' provider - and in many cases they have encouraged a similar shift by their distributors (resellers, remarketers). But research shows this is often a tough transition. [Read More]
MyTechnologyLawyer Radio Show Interview
Listen to the recording of Scott Draughon as he interviews IACCM and guests Nancy Jessen, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group, Jason Busch, Editor, SpendMatters Publishing, Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba, David Munn, Director of Customer Operations and General Counsel, Pontus Global and Reuben Swartz, CEO of Mimiran on the key issues impacting 'trading relationships' and their formation. [Click Here]
 
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