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Whitepaper: The Triad of People, Technology, and Process: Unleashing Effective Contract Management in Modern Organizations

CATS CM® releases English online exam

Recently the CATS CM® methodology was translated into English. Slowly our courseware has been made available online globally, through e-learning and online trainings. Our next step is to enable professionals worldwide to become certified in the CATS CM®methodology. We...

Whitepaper: The Triad of People, Technology, and Process: Unleashing Effective Contract Management in Modern Organizations

#8 The CATS CM® methodology

With the knowledge from my previous blogs, it is now time to introduce the CATS CM® methodology in this blog. In short, contract management is the realization of contract objectives. CATS CM® is applied to achieve these pre-determined results. The contract management...

Whitepaper: The Triad of People, Technology, and Process: Unleashing Effective Contract Management in Modern Organizations

#7 The CATS contract life cycle

A contract is the result of a more or less parallel procurement and sales process that consists of multiple phases. This process can be divided into several steps. This also applies to the process during which the client and the supplier jointly work on the execution...

Whitepaper: The Triad of People, Technology, and Process: Unleashing Effective Contract Management in Modern Organizations

#3 Success factors in contract management

In order to manage contracts successfully, the organization’s management needs to make certain choices. These choices relate to different areas and various levels within the organization. The success of contract management depends on three factors:   Contract...

Whitepaper: The Triad of People, Technology, and Process: Unleashing Effective Contract Management in Modern Organizations

15 Years ‘under construction’

It seems like a long time ago when contract management pioneers Gert-Jan Vlasveld and Jan van Beckum started out on their venture to make their work easier. Both where responsible for managing large outsourced contracts and both came to the conclusion that there was...

Whitepaper: The Triad of People, Technology, and Process: Unleashing Effective Contract Management in Modern Organizations

#1 The contract management business case

Effective contract management ensures that the contract realizes the intended objectives, for the correct compensation, with acceptable risks, and with the efforts planned by the organization. Efficient contract management aims to achieve this effectiveness with...