News & Blog
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Latest News & Blog
Risk - what risk?
Published: 07 Mar 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
Risk is about uncertainty - and good risk management is about distinguishing the uncertainties that matter from those that don't.
Risk - what risk?
Published: 06 Mar 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
Risk is about uncertainty - and good risk management is about distinguishing the uncertainties that matter from those that don't.
Risk - what risk?
Published: 06 Mar 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
Risk is about uncertainty - and good risk management is about distinguishing the uncertainties that matter from those that don't.
How mature is your process?
Published: 05 Mar 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
Yesterday I ran a feedback session to an organization that had completed the IACCM capability maturity assessment. It illustrated the scale of opportunity facing those in contract and commercial management.
Attitudes to contracting
Published: 04 Mar 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
What is the purpose of contracts and to what extent does a good contracting process contribute to business results and outcomes?
The changing world of public procurement
Published: 27 Feb 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
Public procurement is undergoing significant change. The pressures on Government to eliminate waste and ensure more effective use of public money have resulted in a growing focus on commercial skills and judgment, with the expectation that procurement policies and practices mu...
Most negotiated terms
Published: 24 Feb 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
You may be familiar with IACCM's annual study of the 'most frequently negotiated terms'. This year's research will soon be closing (you can participate and receive a copy of the results by clicking here).
Does Procurement deliver any measurable value?
Published: 21 Feb 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
According to Jeanmarie Meyer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, economists cannot identify any significant value associated with today's Procurement function.
New technology 'Shaking' up the legal world
Published: 20 Feb 2014
Type: Articles / White Papers
Instead of using a high-priced attorney, Mocha used a smartphone app called Shake that helps draft easy-to-read contracts that customers can then sign with a swipe of their fingers on their screen.
The future for Procurement
Published: 20 Feb 2014
Type: Commitment Matters Blog
The delivery of outcomes has been a recurrent topic at IACCM for a number of years, since it poses major questions and challenges for the Procurement community. Yesterday I participated at an excellent conference organized by the World Bank at its Washington D.C. headquarters...
