#8 The CATS CM® methodology

by Linda Tonkes | December 7, 2020 | Insights, The 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...

#7 The CATS contract life cycle

by Linda Tonkes | November 27, 2020 | Insights, The Methodology

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...

#6 Successful contract management – contract creation

by Linda Tonkes | November 24, 2020 | Insights, The Methodology

In the series ‘Contract Management with CATS CM® in a nutshell’, I explain the guiding principles of our methodology. After having described the business case, effective contract management, and the contract management success factors, my previous two articles covered...

#5 Successful contract management – competent staff and process-aligned systems

by Linda Tonkes | October 23, 2020 | Insights, The Methodology

After having introduced the three essential factors for successful contract management, my previous blog took a closer look at the first factor: policy and processes. Of course, successful contract management will never be achieved without the right people and...

#4 Successful contract management – policy and processes

by Linda Tonkes | October 23, 2020 | Insights, The Methodology

In my previous article about success factors in contract management, I wrote about the important choices that the organization’s management has to make when it comes to how contracts should be managed. There are three overarching factors that play a defining...