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Your Guide to Vendor Management

Motivation Excellence

But what about vendors? Problems with a vendor can disrupt even the most well-structured of businesses, and that kind of disruption stresses your employees and often spells disaster for your clients. To avoid this particular domino effect, you need to manage your vendors well. A Vendor Management Definition.

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How Meeting Profs Can Find the Right Event Tech

Smart Meetings

6 steps to finding the right event tech vendors and product Finding the right event tech can be a long, tedious process. The journey of locating vendors and the resources that best match your needs can send any planner into a tailspin. Nguyen suggested asking vendors what exactly is included in the total price tag.

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Venue Contracts for AV, Electric, and Internet: Read the Fine Print

MeetingsNet

A veteran production manager gives advice on what to look for and how to make changes in a property’s agreements before you sign. During his main-stage presentation titled “Mastering Site Inspections for Audiovisual and Production,” Frankel noted that “almost everything is negotiable before you sign the contract.

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Virtual Event RFP: What To Include (With Free Template!)

Endless Events

But now that the rules of the game have completely changed, how are organizations supposed to go about the Request For Proposal process? You can download your very own copy of our Excel template, which includes everything you need to outline your requirements and compare potential vendors. Virtual Event RFP: What To Include?

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Will Meetings Thrive in 2024?

Smart Meetings

Read More : Hospitality and Humanity Meet to Solve Hotel Staffing Crisis When hotels do respond, they often omit information in their proposals and contracts that had been discussed, information that is critical in the buyer’s decision-making process. An important shift will need to be “hotels need to re-staff,” Edwards states.

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Evolution of DMCs: Deeper Trust, Transparency and Understanding

Smart Meetings

And, like a general contractor, DMCs possess the skills, resources and vendor relationships to “build” the event. Proposal Process. In the past, many DMCs have been expected to develop a comprehensive proposal and complete costing—essentially a full blueprint—without any compensation, contract or commitment. Site Inspections.

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Evolution of the DMC: Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency and Understanding

ADMEI

And, like a general contractor, DMCs possess the skills, resources, and vendor relationships to “build” the event. PROPOSAL PROCESS. In an ADMEI focus group discussion, some participants estimated that 75% or more of their proposals were never contracted.

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