commercial services

Itica commercial services helps our clients with all commercial aspects of IT service provision.

We provide our clients with expertise in negotiation, benchmarking, cost control and supplier management. These services are often combined with other Itica services, but can also be provided individually.

 

Commercial Services

Our commercial services are provided by consultants with many years experience of successfully managing IT suppliers in large blue chip environments.

The areas where we assist our clients include:


  • Supplier governance
  • Contract risk assessments
  • Market price reviews
  • Contract audits
  • Planned negotiations
  • IT budget analysis
  • Cost reduction strategy
 

 

Supplier Management

Organisations often experience difficulties with their IT suppliers that are not related to the actual technology itself, but are caused by mismatched expectations.

Itica has developed a comprehensive supplier governance model to ensure that our clients receive the IT services they need.


Itica Supplier Governance Model


Strategy Objectives - Policies - Procedures - Integration
Relationship Resources - Capabilities - Behaviours - Roles
Planning Reports - Forecasts - Communication
Review Information - Continuous Improvement
Commercial Pricing - Billing - Assets - Risk and Reward
 
IT Contract risk assessment

There are nine key questions to ask when assessing the current level of IT contract risk in any organisation:


  • Are contracts easily located should they be required?
  • Are all contracts correctly approved and signed?
  • Have unexpected cost increases been incurred?
  • Is contract ownership and accountability clearly defined?
  • Who ensures that suppliers meet their contractual obligations?
  • Are Service Levels appropriately managed?
  • How are risks that your contractual relationships attract mitigated?
  • What are the contingent liabilities associated with each contract?
  • Are all of your IT services covered by current, appropriate contract?

Itica helps clients to build robust processes to manage the risks in their IT contracts.

 

Benefits

  • Effective supplier management
  • Known costs
  • Reduced IT contract risk
  • Effective forecasting
 

Mike Hill - Commercial Services

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