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Contract Management listed as significant challenge for NARA
In its most recent semiannual report to Congress covering October 2008 to March 2009, the National Archives and Records Administration’s Office of Inspector General (United States) listed Contract Management in what it considers the 10 most significant challenges that the agency faces.
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Australian ISV grows faster thanks to financial crisis
ARN has picked up the story on Open Windows’ recent win at RMIT.
The article has focused not only on RMIT and the Education sector but also the fact that the need for contract management systems is highlighted by falling revenues. We all must drive value in current agreements and expenditure to positively impact the bottom [...]
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Outsourcing needs strategic contract management
This is not new, but Gartner said today that firms ”focus too much on the operational level of outsourcing, and not enough on the strategic management of contracts.”
As I always say, “you can outsource the process but not the accountability!”
The article talks about aligning sourcing actions with business goals and the importance of the competencies of [...]
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Contract Management for every transaction
Public companies considering not having a good system in place to manage contracts are facing a huge burden everytime they make an aquision and add to the due diligence cost on both sides of a transaction.
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Growth in IT contract manager jobs
Contract Management jobs are on the rise, particularly in IT contract management says AbsoluteIT Director Grant Burley in New Zealand, “There are more complex deliverables that are having to be met, and with a need for monitoring and clarity as to what is delivered, we’ve seen growth in these roles.”
This is the case across all [...]
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The people who need us most
Business management is all about information management. Most good business managers can point to good information management as the secret of their success.
The people who really need us most don’t know we exist.
They don’t know we exist because the information isn’t reaching them. They are buried under an avalanche of information that they either don’t have the capability or time to process. The way to dig oneself out from under this avalanche is to turn that information into something more manageable … data.
Open Windows has created a suite of business management systems which are designed to make you more productive and efficient as a business manager by assimilating, storing, processing and reporting your information. They are browser-based, which means it’s like you have your own private internet focused on your business.
Contract Management … Project Management … Tenders Management … Fleet and Equipment Management … do any of these sound like your particular information avalanche?
With an Open Windows Business Management system handling your information, you will have more time and resources to focus on what is really important to you and your business. These systems fit to your distinctive needs, not the other way around. They learn the way you like to do business, or help you find a better way.
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ANO targets contract management
The spending watchdog’s latest report, Commercial skills for complex government projects, said the public sector lacked commercial capability in areas including contract management, commissioning and risk management.
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Report demands UK public sector improve supplier management
This Report discusses the risk of supplier failure increasing because of the financial climate and the ongoing risks faced by buyers through not monitoring contractors and contractor risk pro-actively.
“The report recommended a number of measures to help government buyers improve contract management. These include stringent controls surrounding supplier behaviour, better risk management over the life of a contract rather than just at the start, and introducing systems that provide an early warning of suppliers who are struggling.”
We all tend to become better economic managers in the tough times out of necessity. The real challenge is maintaining this type of good governance over agreements and contractor relationships in the good times as well.
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