Richard,
A contract to do what? Do you also require a trading partner agreeement when
you use the U.S. mail, phone or fax to convey orders, invoices, or other
business messages. Purchasing terms and conditions should be in a separate
agreement and not bundled into how (the mechansim) the purchase order (offer
to buy) and/or PO confirmation (acceptance of the offer) is accomplished.
Personally, I believe a simple letter/outline of how you intend to exchange
business messages electronically works better and it doesn't have to go
through a corporation's legal department. The only time I would recommend
the use of a TP agreement is to cover electronic payments, since there are
special issues here, such as what constitutes receipt of payment, elgibility
for prompt payment discounts, etc. In this situation, I recommend that one
use the American Bar Association's Model Electronic Payment Trading Partner
Agreement as a guide, working with their own legal counsel.
Rachel
We don't make a move without one. It establishes legal limits to the
electronic transactions. It's the equivalent of a contract.
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> How commonly are Trading Partner Agreements used? It was my
> understanding that these agreements are pretty common. We have a new
> Trading Partner who will not sign one and the people trying to set up
> the account insist it is something they have never heard of and nobody
> they have talked to have ever heard of such a document.
>
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