Trends in Standardizing Contract Language
Iasta has been long at work researching trends and best practices in contract authoring because we’ve received a lot of requests to provide authoring to go along with SmartContracts®, our contract...
View Article10 Ways to Drive Procurement Influence Using Advanced Technology: Part 2
In Part 1, I covered Spend Matter’s first idea to enhance procurement’s value to the business. Click here to read Part 1. The second idea to deliver new value to the business is to connect sourcing...
View ArticleDoes Your Procurement Team Need Better Contract Management?
If your company doesn’t have a good contract management process in place then you are missing out on some significant opportunities to improve your procurement processes, maximize negotiated savings,...
View Article13 Resolutions for Procurement Teams in 2013
As you and your team are preparing to execute your Procurement strategy for 2013, consider adding these resolutions to your “to-do” list: 1. Tell your sourcing story. Has your team transformed...
View Article4 Benefits of Contract Management Systems
Contract management is an important aspect of managing supplier relationships and ensuring that commodities and services are negotiated at the right time. Unfortunately contracts are often managed...
View ArticleA New Procurement Calls for a New Kind of Purchasing Hero
Despite the challenging circumstances of today’s economic environment, you must embrace change in order to support shifting external environments and business strategies. At the same time, you look for...
View ArticleFast-Tracking: Does Sticking with One Service Provider Save Time and Money?
Perhaps your organization has a contract already in place with a service provider, and you are thinking those pre-negotiated contract terms and conditions might save you time and money in sourcing the...
View ArticleeSourcing and eProcurement Go Together like Peanut Butter & Jelly
eSourcing and eProcurement are a perfect pair – they go together like peanut butter and jelly. When used together, these solutions can transform any organization and empower purchasing pros to make...
View ArticleIs Your Procurement Organization Dancing in the Dark?
Break out your dancing shoes, brush off the dust, and turn on the lights…it’s time to stop dancing in the dark! We find that a lot of procurement organizations are “dancing in the dark” because they...
View ArticleFor Innovative Sourcing: Date More, Marry Less
Anyone who’s been in the outsourcing business for any length of time has heard the cliché that outsourcing relationships are like marriages – they require hard work and commitment over the long term....
View ArticleBuilding a Sourcing Pipeline: 8 Questions to Ask When Evaluating eSourcing...
Are you asking the right questions when you’re evaluating eSourcing providers? Andrew Bartolini of CPO Rising recently published an article entitled “Building the First Sourcing Pipeline – Getting...
View ArticleKissing the Frog: How Procurement Can Develop Strategic Supplier...
Welcome back! Just joining us? Click here to read Part 1 of this series. As you can tell from my previous blog post, there is a great deal of information to consider when trying developing strategic...
View ArticleContract Management in a New Context: Going Outside Your Silo (Part 1)
Without Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) in the modern business world, a list of things can go wrong, including missed savings, heavy fines, costly litigation, and broken relationships. However,...
View ArticleContract Management in a New Context: Blind Men, Elephants, and Visibility...
Today, organizations have many choices when selecting a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution. Some solutions may come from a content management provider as part of a wider usage of sharing...
View ArticleContract Management in a New Context: It’s About Centralizing Compliance,...
Creating an enterprise approach to CLM is essential in today’s procurement world, as procurement and other departments are increasingly being audited on their organizational processes and data...
View ArticleBeyond Contract Management 101: Webinar with Spend Matters & Selectica
As adult procurement people, the first week of September may not remind you of fresh notebook paper, new pencils, and back to school shopping (my personal favorite time of year as a kid). But it’s...
View Article3 Reasons to Join IASTA at ProcureCon Indirect West
ProcureCon Indirect West is right around the corner – September 15, 16, and 17 in Litchfield Park, Arizona. This year’s theme is: Where Sourcing Meets Innovation. Iasta is attending and we are excited...
View Article5 Reasons to Attend eWorld 2014
Iasta is busy prepping for eWorld Purchasing & Supply on September 24 in London. This UK leading event centers on the use of leading-edge technologies and techniques within the procurement &...
View ArticleGetting Enterprise Contract Management Right: Join Iasta at IACCM
Iasta is kicking off October by prepping to attend the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM) on October 14-16 in Chicago. IACCM is the global forum for innovation...
View Article5 Executive Approaches for Enterprise Contract Management
I’ll never forget the first time I learned about marketing automation (MAS) tools. I quickly realized having access to an MAS tool would make my life and job a thousand times easier. And once I saw a...
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