The Global Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The need for clear instructions on the terms used in negotiating the sales contract cannot be emphasized enough. To get the ball rolling every export sales transaction must contain information pertaining to product description, price, quantity and transportation, but within those confines lies a host of other details that can go wrong.

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Everest Group

MARCH 5, 2024

This blog shares how Everest Group helped a large life sciences company negotiate best-in-class rates for Veeva Vaults and CRM during contract renewal negotiation. Continue reading to discover how contract benchmarking can empower your enterprise to make effective deals, or get in touch. The renewal proposal was nearly 2.5

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Each party typically makes some compromises during a contract negotiation to obtain what it truly wants. When negotiating a contract, it’s important to remember that both parties want to come away with a good result. Without a written contract, customers and vendors might easily exploit one another.

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IBM Services

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

They consider factors—like supplier performance or sustainability —that support long-term partnerships, advance business needs and increase purchasing power. For example, blockchain-backed contract management, when combined with automation, creates efficiencies and offers a high level of security.

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Offshore India Data Entry

APRIL 19, 2024

Hidden Costs : While outsourcing can provide cost savings, there may be hidden costs associated with contract negotiations, vendor management, and ongoing monitoring of service quality. Relying on external providers for innovation may hinder the company’s long-term growth and competitiveness.

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Everest Group

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this blog, we share our analysis of a Salesforce contract for a major customer. Reach out to benchmarking@everestgrp.com to learn more about software contract negotiation and get an analysis of your current contracts. Continue reading to uncover tactics for negotiating enterprise software agreements.

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Velocity Global

MAY 2, 2023

Employee arrangements vary worldwide, but a compliant employment contract is required no matter your talent’s location. While the type of contract depends on employer needs and resources, indefinite contracts are the most common agreement outside of the United States. Table of Contents What Is an Indefinite Contract?

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The Hackett Group

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Companies Need Digital-Ready Contracts That Not Only Deliver Cost Reduction But Also Focus on Business Value Creation and Innovation Miami, FL – December 13, 2023 – A new Hackett Value Matrix analysis of 15 leading finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) service providers by The Hackett Group, Inc.

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Infosys Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Evolving “pay-as-you-go” trends such as cloud and SaaS offer lucrative terms (minimal commitment, on demand horizontal & vertical scaling), but are considered operational expenses. Employ innovative IT self-funding engagements, such as contingent contracting or gain share model focused on benefit realization.

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Intugo

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Eight Ways to Boost Supplier Contract Management in Mexico Discover best practices for creating a strategy for supplier contract management in Mexico to identify supplier gaps and drive savings. An effective strategy for undertaking contract management in Mexico is increasingly important for ensuring success.

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Velocity Global

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

If a company has plans for long-term expansion into China, they may choose to establish a legal entity. This option lets you test the market before diving into long-term expansion. Contractor agreements must include specific terms, such as: Project scope. Guidelines for contract termination. Employment Contracts.

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Obobo

MARCH 19, 2023

In the field of project management, contracts play a vital role in the success of a project. Contracting is a legal agreement between two or more parties that outlines what each party must do to meet predetermined project objectives, timelines, and budgets.

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Obobo

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

What is Contract Acceptance? Contract acceptance is the act of agreeing to the terms of a contract. This can be done verbally, in writing, or through conduct that indicates an acceptance of the contract’s terms. There are several factors that must be present for a contract to be considered accepted.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The generated quote is customizable, allowing users to add personalized messages, branding elements, and any specific terms relevant to the customer or deal. Renewals and Amendments: Managing contract Renewals and Amendments can be time-consuming and prone to errors, especially in subscription-based or recurring revenue models.

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Obobo

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

What are the differences between an agreement contract and a purchase order? Two of the most common documents used for this purpose are agreement contracts and purchase orders. What is an agreement contract? Another key difference is that an agreement contract is legally binding, whereas a purchase order is not.

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Velocity Global

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Tripartite agreements tend to become more complicated when intra-group transfers of employment contracts occur. They are not technically starting a new job in the strictest sense of the term. Typically, tripartite agreements formalize these employment transfers between the original employer, the new employer, and the employee.

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Obobo

OCTOBER 4, 2022

What is contract negotiation? How to negotiate contracts and get procurement savings. Contract negotiation is a critical part of business. It’s the process by which two or more parties agree to terms of a contract. What is a contract? Each party will have different needs when negotiating a contract.

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Obobo

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

What is Contract Acceptance? Contract acceptance is the act of agreeing to the terms of a contract. This can be done verbally, in writing, or through conduct that indicates an acceptance of the contract’s terms. There are several factors that must be present for a contract to be considered accepted.

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Obobo

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What are Contract Amendments? Have you ever signed a contract, only to realize later that there was something you forgot to include? In either case, you’ll need to know how to deal with contract amendments. A contract amendment is simply a document that changes one or more provisions in an existing contract.

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Global Expansion

JANUARY 18, 2023

businesses planning to capitalize on international talent with temporary work contracts to get foreign employees into the country. This is a suitable solution for short-term contracts of up to three years where global hires can have permission to be employed by and work for a U.S.

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Velocity Global

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This route works well for companies that plan to establish physical infrastructure in Italy and seek long-term investments in the market. Establishing compliant contract terms. This option lets you easily test the Italian market before making long-term investments. This means: Correctly classifying employees.

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Obobo

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This clause is often buried in the terms and conditions, and it basically states that your subscription will automatically renew at the end of the term unless you cancel it. For example, if rents rise sharply during the term of a lease, the tenant will be able to stay in their current home at the same rent.

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Everest Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Everest Group’s Strategic Engagement Reviews (SERs) reveal several key trends that hinder enterprises from realizing maximum value from business process services (BPS) contracts. As enterprises rethink their outsourcing strategies, reevaluate current contracts, and rebalance work, these findings are highly relevant. Two to transform!

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Velocity Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

51848/1442, employees can now: Leave jobs without their employer’s consent when the contract ends. Leave their jobs before the contract expires if they give their employer 90 days notice. Employees in Saudi Arabia can have either fixed-term or indefinite contracts. Convert their contract to indefinite (if applicable).

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Obobo

MARCH 1, 2022

While the best value process is often effective on a day-to-day basis, it usually fails to consider a business’s long-term needs and commercial objectives. As a result, procurement’s objective is to provide longer-term strategic value to the business that will assist it in achieving its commercial objectives. Conclusion.

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Obobo

JANUARY 18, 2022

How To Save Money Managing Supplier Contracts. Better managing third-part supplier contracts probably isn’t high up on many companies’ finance department to-do lists. However, it’s been estimated that the average company loses about 9% of annual turnover due to poor contract management practices. Conclusion.

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Obobo

DECEMBER 13, 2022

What are Contracting Authorities? When it comes to government contracting, there are a lot of different terms and organizations that can be involved. One of the most important groups in the process is known as contracting authorities. What are Contracting Authorities? Definition. But what exactly are they?

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Everest Group

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Continue reading for recommendations on successful software contract negotiation for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Adding to the complexity, Microsoft has yet to reveal how they will apply the contracted volume discount on the Copilot licenses an enterprise purchases. Explore more about Everest Group’s contract benchmarking offerings.

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Obobo

AUGUST 21, 2022

What Is Contract Management? Contract management involves the creation, execution, and termination of agreements from their inception to their termination. Why should you use contract management software? The contract management process. Relationship management: Improves communication between supplier and purchaser.

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SIG Speaks

JANUARY 4, 2024

Once the new CPO understood the current model and practice, they partnered with the risk practitioners to create a long-term maturity roadmap. Contract management was another area that contributed to a stronger risk culture. The new CPO obtained top executive approval to requisition a dedicated, centralized team of contract managers.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In addition, the regulators are trying to keep as many resolution options as possible open for the FDIC to resolve a firm in a way that minimizes the long-term risk to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF). The required long-term debt could be imposed not only on Category I but also on Category II and III bank organizations.

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Obobo

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

However, newer and more advanced systems on the market have expanded the scope of eprocurement to include other procurement processes such as Contract Management, Supplier Management, and Savings Management. S2C (source-to-contract) – is an end-to-end process in which a supplier is sourced via E-sourcing and a contract is created.

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Simplr

AUGUST 31, 2022

Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about how to end a call center contract, BPO SLAs, breach of contract, termination and more. Call center outsourcing agreement, BPO SLAs, breach of contract, termination and more. Most companies have built in parameters for terminating the contract. Gut check time.

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Obobo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

How To Avoid Non-Compliance Of Your Supplier Contracts. When a party in a contract doesn’t fulfill its obligations, it is considered non-compliance. An example of non-compliance is a third-party supplier failing to deliver goods or services that are specified within a contract. Non-compliance of contracts should worry you.

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Obobo

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is Breach Of Contract? A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties. A contract is typically written and signed by both parties, but it can also be verbal. A breach of contract occurs when one party fails to fulfill its obligations under the contract. What is a Breach of Contract?

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Everest Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By formally incorporating XLAs into contracts, both enterprises and SPs established well-defined roles and responsibilities, fostering a collaborative partnership with mutual advantages. This has created the scenario where SPs are offering penalty-only XLA contracting by default for all digital workplace deals.

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Obobo

MARCH 23, 2023

Cost reduction during procurement processes can be accomplished through various strategies that range from the short-term to medium and long-term goals. We will discuss tactics for short-term wins, medium-term optimizations and long-term value creation. Here are some of the top strategies that can help: 1.

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