Business Contracts & Service Level Agreements
This course will provide participants with detailed understanding of Planning, Writing & Managing Quality SLAs.
Description
This ICL Service Level Agreements training course will ensure that you understand how to decide rationally what activities to outsource and what not, how to select the best contractor and how to evaluate the delivered performance of all parties involved. On this Contracts Management training course, you will understand the different contract types, the pros and cons of SLAs, avoid the potential pitfalls and improve the performance. Balanced scorecards to measure the contractor performance, used in several branches will be discussed. Through a combination of teaching and group work, you will leave this training course with practical tools & practices to develop improved SLAs.
In the competitive environment of today, managing your contracts regarding outsourced activities like IT, operations, maintenance and facilities management are more than ever an important issue. Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are being applied as a highly effective way to manage and control the relationship between the service provider and the end-user, both internally and externally. It manages the expectations of both parties, sets out the parameters of responsibility and offers performance indicators. Creating and managing formal agreements with suppliers of equipment and maintenance services requires not only a complete understanding of the business requirements and organization needs, but also depends on keeping up-to-date on contracting.
Course Objectives
By attending this ICL training course, delegates will be able to:
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Gain an understanding of contracts terms & conditions
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Understand the implications of contract clauses
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Learn how to protect your organisation from one-sided contracts
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Understand key elements of contract law
How will this Training Course be Presented?
Live-Online
Who is this Training Course for?
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Project managers, Contract managers,
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Operations managers
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IT managers, Sales managers,
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Engineering managers
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Procurement personnel, buyers, project leaders, project co-ordinators, project engineers
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Sales teams, engineers, technicians
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Anyone involved with contracts
The Course Content
The following topics will be covered:
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Purpose & Objectives of Contracts
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Contract Types
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Penalties & Incentives
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Terms & Conditions
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Payment Terms & their implications
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Forward Cover
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Contracts Law
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Performance, Non-performance & Possibility of Performance
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Confidentiality & Non-disclosure agreements
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Breach of Contract
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Remedies for contract breach
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Contract termination
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Arbitration & dispute resolution
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Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
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Tender processes
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Consortia & multiple suppliers