Document assembly plays a vital role in the contract lifecycle, where document contributors band together to form a cohesive contract document. However - inefficient legal document assembly can stem from unorganized contract templates, obsolete contract language, and subcontracts divorced from related original contract documents. Read on to discover three essential contract management software document assembly tools for enhanced legal operations and contract lifecycle management success.
3 Document Assembly System Tools to Enhance Legal Operations
By Joshua Hansen on 10/26/21
5 Benefits of an Automated Contract Life Cycle Process
By Sean Heck on 10/20/21
The contract lifecycle is a great way to categorize the steps of contract administration, from requests to renewals. But how can you embrace legal operations digital transformation to automate the contract life cycle process? Read this blog to find out.
Contract Redlining in the Age of Legal Ops Digital Transformation
By Joshua Hansen on 10/18/21
Contract redlining can prove to be a tedious process during negotiations. Coordinating with stakeholders during the contract redlining process using siloed processes such as MS Word documents with tracked changes, email communications, and shared drives can further delay contract negotiations. Read on to learn how you can leverage future-minded contract redlining tools that centralize people, processes, and technology in a robust contract management software suite to help automate legal operations for contract lifecycle management success.
Contract Clauses: Mastering Contract Management Series
By Maria Votlucka on 10/14/21
Clause management can be challenging for contract, procurement, and legal professionals. Manual contract administration tools such as spreadsheets, emails, and disconnected software tools prove to be less than effective or efficient ways to generate optimal contract documents and clauses - and rarely lead to fast approvals. Contract clauses can support standards and reduce contract risk and, when used to their potential, can positively impact your contract management process. Learn how to master contract clauses in this blog.
The Importance of Contract Management Software Training
By Tyler Holzer on 10/13/21
If you are a new CobbleStone Contract Insight® user, we understand that learning the contract management software system can be intimidating at the outset. You may be asking yourself, "How will I learn the system?" "How will I remember everything?" "Do I need to do all of this myself?" Well, rest assured, CobbleStone® offers a myriad of training resources to ease concerns you may have! CobbleStone can provide training resources to fit your needs - whether you are a brand-new client, a new user of the system, or simply want to brush up on a few features.
Tackling Your Contract Checklist for Better Legal Operations
By Sean Heck on 10/12/21
There are many moving parts involved with a contract, and it can be easy for your organization and counterparties to get mixed up at some point in the process. This is why a contract checklist is an essential part of the commencement of a contract. Your organization can utilize a contract checklist as a contract roadmap. Read this blog for an overview of a contract checklist – as well as what solutions your organization can leverage to navigate that contract checklist successfully.
CLM Meaning - A Beginner’s Guide To Contract Lifecycle Management
By Joshua Hansen on 10/6/21
You may have seen or heard the term CLM tossed around in conversations and online. However, perhaps you do not have a comprehensive understanding of what it truly means. Contract management professionals, including general counsel and paralegals, should gain at least some conversance with CLM and how digital contract management software tools can be leveraged for success in contract lifecycle management. Read on to discover an introductory overview of CLM.