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Beyond the Basics of Contract Writing #3953, Member: $195 Non-Member: $295 (7 CEHs) This online course is designed for experienced purchasing and supply management professionals who desire to increase their skills and knowledge of how to analyze and draft various types of contracts. Participants should have fundamental knowledge of business contracts, purchasing law, and the UCC prior to attending this seminar. You will learn how to analyze various types of contracts, including capital equipment, services, design work, construction, etc., and how to protect your organization from common contract pitfalls. Participants in this course will broaden and strengthen their overall contract-writing capability.

Purchasing / Supply Management and the Law: Contract Law – The Primary Focus of Supply Managers #3944, Member: $195 Non-Member: $295 (7 CEHs) Topics in this course include Developing a Contract from Basic Elements of an Agreement (mutual assent, consideration, lawful purpose, and competent parties); Using Electronic Methods in the Contracting Process, When a Written Document is Needed, and Other Contracting Considerations.

Purchasing / Supply Management and the Law: Contract Performance – Responsibilities and Rights in Contract Relationships #3945, Member: $195 Non-Member: $295 (7 CEHs) The focus of this course is on Responsibilities, Obligations and Defenses to Performance (seller's and buyer's obligations; responsibilities when goods are lost, damaged, or destroyed; and difference between termination and cancellation); Warranties and Product Liability; and Remedies (breach of contract, liquidated damages clause, seller's and buyer's remedies in Article 2 of the UCC, and proper use of indemnification clauses).

Purchasing / Supply Management and the Law: How Does the Legal System Impact a Supply Manager? #3943, Member: $195 Non-Member: $295 (7 CEHs) This course focuses on the U.S. System of Law (civil and criminal law, sources of contract law), the Law of Agency (duties and obligations of agents, principals, and third parties; actual and apparent authority); and key laws that affect supply management, including intellectual property, environmental compliance, and laws applicable when working with federal governmental projects.