Announcing phase 1 of the affiliate program

Pierre Dumas, president of Industrial Affiliates is pleased to announce the launch of Industrial Affiliates systems.

Phase 1 is the time to sign up General Agreements with manufacturing companies as well as to provide affordable marketing consultation services to recruit affiliates.

Planned for May 2009, phase 2 of the affiliate program will advertise technologies on the WEB as well as to implement an opportunity follow up system.

About Industrial Affiliates

Industrial Affiliates helps manufacturers to receive opportunities of requests for proposals from external sales force located on export markets. These services complements the sales efforts from manufacturers and their distributors. When an affiliate sends an opportunity of requests for proposal, manufacturer's sales manager takes control of the sales process. Manufacturer also controls at which stage of the sale process affiliates will get performance based commissions.

General Agreement

In the General Agreement, manufacturers and affiliates are required to subscribe to the guideline of OECD to multinational enterprises. They must also subscribe to the policies and practices of Industrial Affiliates network which are disclosed time to time by email and on Industrial Affiliates WEB site.

The General Agreement defines each party's role. Time to time, Manufacturers proceed to engagements with Industrial Affiliates and/or with affiliates.

Industrial Affiliates, manufacturers and affiliates are independent contractors and have no authority to obligate or bind the other in any respect except for the clause of this agreement.

Each party owns and shall retain all right, title and interest in its names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, copyrights and proprietary technology, including, without limitation, those names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, copyrights and proprietary technology currently used or which may be developed and/or used by it in the future.

Industrial Affiliates and/or affiliates do not have rights or responsibilities to deliver the product or service intended between manufacturer and its customers.

In no event shall either party be liable to the other party for any direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or incidental damages, even if informed of the possibility of such damages.

Industrial Affiliates is not responsible for the fulfillment of engagements between manufacturers and affiliates.

The annual cost of the general agreement is 840$

Industrial Affiliates' role in the general agreement

Industrial Affiliates remains a third party who do not have rights and/or responsibility to deliver product and services intended in the transactions between Manufacturer and future Customers.

Industrial Affiliates

• Develops and maintains networks of affiliates;
• Develops the system composed of business relationships, agreements, web sites, advertising, lead reservation and sales process reporting system helping manufacturers to generate sales through Affiliates disclosing opportunities of requests for proposals;
• Proposes clusters reducing marketing costs to manufacturers
• Reserves the right to exclude from the system, any member who do not respects the guidelines of OECD or the policies and practices of the networks.

Manufacturer' roles in the general agreement

Manufacturer

• Holds the sole right and responsibility to

1. Determine in the product and service offered under his name in the system
2. Convert Affiliates sales leads into Request for Quotation (RFQ)
3. Convert RFQ into sales;

• Advertises accurate information such as description, prices, up to date pictures and texts in the System ;
• Promptly updates the system if and when the products and services are not available;
• Is responsible to deliver product and services posted in the system according to the terms agreed with customers;
• Can change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of an offer in the system with 24 hours prior notice ;
• Warrants that sales leads assigned for a product would be followed through the system would report or update information in the system the same working day including but not limited to:

1. Business opportunities reception receipt
2. RFQ date;
3. RFQ Commission payment date;
4. Amount of Commission for RFQ;
5. Sales Contract date;
6. Customer Purchase Order number ;
7. Purchase Order Sale amount ;
8. Payment Date of Sales Commission;
9. Sales Commission Amount ;
10. Machine/Equipment Delivery date;
11. Payment date;
12. Sales Commission date;
13. Final Payment Date

• Insures that products and services are conforming to all applicable laws and regulations;
• Maintains proper liability insurance coverage or the product and services covering Industrial Affiliates his employees, affiliates, suppliers, board members are covered in the liability insurance;
• Pays commissions within seven (7) days of the occurrence of the material facts defined in the Engagement (ex: date of RFQ or Delivery Date)

Termination of General Agreement and engagements

Either party can the General Agreement at any time, for any reason, provided that they provide at least seven days prior written notice of such termination to the other party.

The termination of the General Agreement would also terminate any outstanding Engagements.
However, all rights to payment, causes of action and any provisions which by their terms are intended to survive termination, would survive the termination of the Agreement.

Termination of an Engagement would not terminate the Agreement.

Engagement for consultation services

Engagements with consultants are optional and in addition to the General Agreement.

Manufacturers can engage marketing consultants to help prepare their sales plan. Service rates are agreed between parties prior to work.

Consultants engaged by manufacturers must subscribe to the OECD Guidelines, as well as to the network policies and practices disclosed and updated time to time on Industrial Affiliates WEB site.

Consultation services related to the affiliate networks generally include

• Marketing Services ;
• Sales Management Services ;
• Digital Information Management Services;
• Communication Services;
• Pre selection of affiliates.
  

Industrial Affialiates service rates are available on Industrial Affiliates WEB page « Begin »

Engagement for the use of the system

This engagement is supplemental to the General Agreement and will be implemented in phase 2.

It enables the parties to share fixed marketing costs between several manufacturers.

Industrial Affiliates

• Provides first line services to affiliates;
• Provides pre selection and affiliate selection systems;
• Provides WEB site displaying technologies and providing opportunity reservation system;
• Collect engagements taken between manufacturers and all affiliates recruited;
• Collects and reports information related to

1. Affiliates ;
2. Product and services offered by manufacturers looking for opportunities of request for proposals;
3. Material facts related to the sales process and commission sales process.

Service fees for the use of the system will be posted on Industrial Affiliates WEB site and can be changed at any time with 7 days prior notice.

Parties can terminate this engagement at any time without reasons with 7 days prior notice.

Industrial Affiliates innovates

Innovation is the conversion of new ideas into benefits. Phase 1 and Phase 2 are converting technologies of the new economy to increase networking and sales on export markets.

Millions of citizens are using social networks to interact. Industrial Affiliates is only adjusting business processes with WEB centric technologies that became pppular in the past five years to optimize the opportunities of requests for proposals.

Phase 1 is very affordable allowing manufactureres to start their affiliate networks