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The Vendor Management Office: Category Archive for General Negotiations

Free Concall on 11/20 -- Dealing with the "End of the Year" Pricing Ploy

Tipping and Software Maintenance: When Did 20% Become the New 15%?

Reciprocity--Bane or Boon for Sourcing Pros?

Jeff Gordon Releases Training Videos and New Edition of Software Licensing Handbook

The Law of Inverse Procurement Risk

Is Benchmarking a Substitute for Competitive Bidding?

The E-Sourcing Forum

The One-Vendor Request for Proposal

Vendor Management Office Book and Contract Negotiation Handbook Available as Downloads

Vendor Fun and Games: Dirty SOX

Vendor Ploys and Customer Tactics

A Downloadable RFx Process Checklist

The Value of Professional Designations (Alphabet Soup is Good for You)

Zombie Contracts (or "Contracts That Just Won't Die")

Black Belt Negotiators Wanted

Vendors Giving Bad Customer References!?

Are You a Pop-Tart?