DETERMINE Software Partners with IACCM to Host Webinar on ''Leveraging Contract Management Solutions to Extend Your Procurement & SRM Strategies''

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO -- Enterprise Contract Management Thought Leader to Speak on the Role of Contract Management in Today's Strategic Procurement Organization

DETERMINE Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software for managing contractual relationships, today announced that it is partnering with IACCM (International Association of Contracts and Commercial Managers) to host a Webinar titled, "Leveraging Contract Management Solutions to Extend Your Procurement & SRM Strategies."

Event Logistics:
Date: Monday, September 27, 2004
Time: 11:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. CT/2:00 p.m. ET
Duration: 60 minutes
Register: https://www.determine.com/public/events.jsp

About the Speaker:

Tim Cummins, Executive Director, IACCM

As Executive Director, Tim is at the forefront of its research and advisory services, maintaining regular contact with leading corporations worldwide. He brings more than 25 years commercial contracting experience, gained in corporations that include IBM, British Aerospace and NatWest. Tim has led and consulted on major reengineering projects in contracting and procurement.

About the Webinar

Enterprise Contract Management is rapidly emerging as a key strategic initiative inside today's leading procurement organizations. As the foundation for almost all business relationships, contracts contain critical information that is essential to improving spend visibility, enforcing compliance and increasing overall supplier and partner performance. This educational Webinar will look at the state-of-the-art of enterprise contract management, highlighting a new generation of solutions and approaches that go far beyond basic contract authoring tools. This new generation of solutions integrates contract processes and procedures into broader sourcing, procurement and supplier relationship management systems. This seminar will help you to understand the role of contract management in your broader procurement strategy. You will learn how to:

--Drive contracting standards & best practices -- across your company

--Source, structure & negotiate better agreements

--Monitor & measure source-to-pay compliance

--Lower business risk & supporting corporate SOX initiatives

--Provide better intelligence on spend & supplier performance

About IACCM

IACCM is a not-for-profit professional association dedicated to the interests of contract and commercial managers, negotiators, and others directly involved in the contracting process. With members from more than 80 countries and over 500 corporations, IACCM is proud of its innovation and outstanding research and networking capabilities. Membership is drawn from sales contracting, business development and procurement communities. The association is growing fast and offers an increasing range of services, professional certifications and training and can be reached at www.iaccm.com or 203-431-8741.

About DETERMINE Software, Inc.

DETERMINE is delivering a new generation of enterprise software for managing contractual relationships. Designed to extend existing transactional systems, the DETERMINE solution provides companies with the visibility and control they need to effectively manage the costs, performance and compliance of their critical business relationships. Moving far beyond first generation contract management tools, DETERMINE provides an extensible solution for aggregating contract information, accelerating lifecycle processes, enforcing contract compliance and managing supplier relationships. By transforming contract data into strategic business intelligence, DETERMINE dramatically increases supplier relationship performance while effectively managing enterprise spend. Global 2000 companies such as Ace Hardware, ADP, Alcoa, Chevron-Texaco, Cummins and Triad Hospitals have implemented the DETERMINE solution. Located in San Francisco, California, DETERMINE is venture funded by JP Morgan Partners, Mohr Davidow Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates and can be reached at www.determine.com or 415-633-2400.