Contract Insights

Matthew Hughes, a Senior Account Manager at CobbleStone, was recently awarded Account Manager of the Year for 2018 and says he is working towards another great year for 2019.  Matthew has been with CobbleStone since May 2012 and has seen the company grow into a contract management empire with thousands of users spanning the globe.  We interviewed Matthew about his experience at CobbleStone over the years and how he’s become a Contract Insight® expert since starting in 2012.

CobbleStone attended the 2019 NY GovBuy on April 30^th and May 1^st as a contract management and eSourcing software exhibitor.  The event was a collaborative experience for NY state government buyers, held in Albany, NY at the Empire State Plaza and Albany Capital Center.  Sessions provided conference attendees with industry news and best practices for procurement, bid management, contract management, and more.  If you didn’t get a chance to attend 2019 NY GovBuy, I outlined some key takeaways from the NY state conference. 

Did you miss any of our blog posts from April?  Don’t worry; we’ve outlined each of them for you.  Stay up-to-date with industry topics, real-world case studies, and best practices by reading CobbleStone’s latest content. 

Before a contract becomes legally binding, both parties often take part in a formal negotiation process, creating a back-and-forth hassle in order to come to terms on the agreement.  The well-known "track changes" tool in MS Word makes contract modifications and amendments easy to create, review, and accept or decline because of the redlining feature it provides.  However, version control becomes an issue when negotiating because both parties may be working on separate computers in different locations.  Documents get saved locally and can often get lost, resulting in more work for you or your counterparty.  To avoid possible issues like lost document versions and process bottlenecks, CobbleStone offers an integrated MS Word plug-in to keep the process simple for everyone.  

Learn how to use CobbleStone's MS Word utility tool in combination with their award-winning contract management software, Contract Insight®.  Users have full document version control and never have to save files to their desktop because everything is stored in Contract Insight.  Not to mention...CobbleStone's MS Word File Utility tool is FREE with our software!