http://www.iaccm.com IACCM is a not-for-profit international association that exists to advance the status of contract and commercial management. Recognized by the world’s leading corporations, it provides added value services to contracts and negotiation executives and professionals, including accreditation.http://www.iaccm.com/images/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.iaccm.com 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. http://www.iaccm.com/loggedin/library/go.php?linkid=2731 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. http://www.iaccm.com/contractingexcellence.php?id=78 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. http://www.iaccm.com/newsitem.php?id=875 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'. http://www.iaccm.com/loggedin/library/go.php?linkid=2724 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. http://www.iaccm.com/newsitem.php?id=873 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. http://www.iaccm.com/contractingexcellence.php?id=74 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? http://tcummins.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/contracts-codes-trust/ 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. http://www.iaccm.com/newsitem.php?id=870 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. http://www.iaccm.com/newsitem.php?id=869 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. http:\\www.iaccm.com/loggedin/library/nonphp/MyTechnologyLawyer_Radio_Show_May30_08.mp3