Secrets of Painless Services Contracting, Part I

Learn the keys to problem-free services contracting in this online course

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Are you prepared for the most unpleasant surprise of every procurement career? What is that surprise, you ask? It is learning how different - and how much more challenging - it is to purchase services compared to purchasing goods.

The truth is that many procurement professionals get blindsided by the unique challenges of services contracting. The services end up not being on time, or not performed to internal customers' expectations, or worse. And those procurement "professionals" end up looking like absolute amateurs to their organizations' senior management.

But there is good news! You don't have to let those services contracting surprises make you look clueless. You can quickly learn the valuable services contracting success techniques that have taken other procurement professionals decades to learn "the hard way." There are 20 secrets that effective services contracting professionals use and you can learn the first eight of them by taking our online Express Course "Secrets of Painless Services Contracting, Part I."

You will learn how you can ensure that a scope of work is written in a way that produces exactly the results your internal customers want, plus...

  • How to avoid the tricks that services suppliers play with their performance times
  • How to manage the inevitable changes in a services contracting relationship
  • How to understand and manage the liability issues that will be fought over between your legal department and your supplier's
  • And more!

Also be aware that you can learn 12 more valuable "secrets" by signing up for our other online Express Course on the subject, "Secrets of Painless Services Contracting, Part II."

Sign up for "Secrets of Painless Services Contracting, Part I" today for immediate access to the initial keys to a problem-free services buying experience. You can take this single-lesson Express Course in about 30 to 60 minutes, whenever you want and as many times as you want to over a 30-day period. Plus, your online learning experience is 100% risk-free. If you are not satisfied with this online Express Course for any reason, let us know within seven days of signing up and you will get a hassle-free refund. But you'll undoubtedly be delighted, just like our thousands of students from throughout the world.

Access to "Secrets of Painless Services Contracting, Part I" is yours for only $14.99. You're on the Internet anyway, so you might as well use the next few minutes to transform yourself into a better prepared procurement professional. Click here to sign up for this online express course now or you can print this form to sign up by mail or fax. Need more information or interested in discounts for groups of four or more? Click here to send us your questions.

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