Contract Insights

A healthy contract management process should constantly be adapting to technological advancements.  As contract volume and contract complexity begin to grow, organizations must embrace digital transformation to be furnished with the right tools to streamline the contract management process.  Such innovative CLM tools can be found within a trusted contract management software system. Read on to learn more.

In the constantly-evolving landscape of business technology, generative artificial intelligence has emerged as an unstoppable force – positively transforming the way businesses across sizes and sectors operate. This tour-de-force of power of generative AI also applies to contract lifecycle management (CLM).

As a government contract manager, it's helpful to stay up-to-date with the latest government contract management, purchasing, and sourcing tools - especially as the industry keeps evolving through 2024 and beyond. 

Read on to discover six user-friendly government contract management software tools you can leverage to streamline your public contracting processes.

We did it!

CobbleStone Software has completed its widely anticipated million-clause project! The goal of this project (which has been met) was to nourish and enhance CobbleStone's industry-leading artificial intelligence engine with machine learning—VISDOM^® AI.

Let's discuss in more detail what the completion of this million-clause initiative means to contract managers and other business professionals using CobbleStone's award-winning contract management, eProcurement, and eSourcing suite, CobbleStone Contract Insight^®.

Efficiency and accuracy are of vital importance when managing contracts. Many organizations fear they may fall behind as more and more of their peers embrace automation through artificial intelligence.

One notable area AI has positively transformed is contract summarization. With the advent of AI-powered contract summarizers, legal operations teams can now optimize contract lifecycle processes like never before. In this blog post, let's explore five ways contract summarization with AI-backed contract management software can change the game of legal operations.

The process of redlining contracts for contract negotiation can be challenging if done improperly.

Organizations that edit documents manually in Microsoft Word can increase the chances of human errors. What’s more, constant back-and-forth edits via emailed documents can result in version control mistakes and broken formats. Mission-critical clauses and sections can either be left out of a legal document or improperly positioned. Additionally, the amount of time spent on tedious, outdated redlining processes can result in lost revenue and opportunities.

Thankfully, your legal team can start saving time on the contract negotiation process with CobbleStone’s user-friendly auto-redlining tool - powered by VISDOM® artificial intelligence. Here’s how to leverage auto-redlining within CobbleStone Contract Insight® contract management software.

In an era where "AI is coming for lawyers," the legal community is abuzz with the question: "Will AI replace lawyers?" The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in law and legal practice has led to a paradigm shift, raising concerns about artificial intelligence replacing lawyers. However, it's crucial to understand that AI in the legal field is not a harbinger of replacement but a catalyst for transformation. To that end, let’s talk about legal professionals, lawyers, AI, and business innovation.

The use of artificial intelligence is all the buzz right now. From Microsoft Bing’s use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Bard AI Chat Bot - the topic of responsible use of artificial intelligence continues to trend. To add to that, generative artificial intelligence (a useful AI technology feature that generates human-like content) is being reviewed extensively - not only from a usability perspective, but from a legal work standpoint.