Contract Insights

A contract manager in construction is tasked with managing various construction contracts from requests through renewals – which can include sourcing and coordinating with construction vendors for project-based or long-term services.  Without a streamlined and organized process, construction contract managers can find themselves overwhelmed.  Read on to learn how construction contract management software can centralize people, processes, and technology.

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If you work within the IT industry, you may find that the management and oversight of a high volume of IT contracts of ranging complexity can require many moving parts.  If your organization is taking on IT contract management with manual contract management methods - such as those involving many filing cabinets, decentralized spreadsheets, and scattered emails - your team runs the risk of facing wasted time, squandered revenue, costly mistakes, and missed opportunities (among other harmful consequences).  Leave obsolete and damaging IT contract management methods in the past; tackle the following three IT contract management best practices with centralized and user-friendly contract management software.

Organizations in both the public and private sectors are experiencing an ever-increasing need to more efficiently manage their contracts as contract volume and contract complexity grow.  Each stage in the life of a contract becomes ever more critical as organizations embrace digital transformation to more effectively manage legal operations.  Before they can even begin to improve contract lifecycle management, organizations need to have a clear understanding of contract management objectives.  In this article, we provide a straightforward examination of the objectives of contract management - as well as how organizations can meet these objectives with user-friendly contract management software.

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Gathering required signatures for contracts can be a challenging task, especially when working with multiple signatories in various locations.  Considering that signatures finalize contracts and propel their execution, this highly anticipated step can be delayed with manual wet signatures that can waste time and paper-based resources - including postage and office supplies.  Moreover, specific signatures can require notarization, which can further delay the signing process.  Read on to learn how contract management software can make online contract signing quick and easy.

Managing various types of media and entertainment contracts from varying locations with multiple departments and roles can be an arduous process - especially when relying on disparate methods such as emails, wet signatures, shared network drives, and cloud-based spreadsheets.  Dealing with and tracking a high volume of contracts – from intellectual property contracts to talent agreements, among many others - can be tremendously challenging without a leading contract management software that centralizes your contract lifecycle management processes.  Read on to learn how a centralized CLM software suite can help you achieve pre-award to post-award entertainment and media contract management success.

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