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The 8 Stages of the Contract Lifecycle

3 min read

CobbleStone Software presents the stages of the contract lifecycle - including 8 for contract management.

Understanding the contract lifecycle is essential for legal, procurement, and contract management teams aiming to streamline operations. This guide explores the eight key stages of the contract lifecycle and how contract lifecycle management (CLM) software can optimize each phase for better compliance, efficiency, and collaboration.

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How Can Your Contract Process Be Improved?

By Sean Heck on 05/27/24

6 min read

CobbleStone Software on how your contract process can be improved.

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.

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Automate Contracts To Streamline Contract Lifecycle Management

By Sean Heck on 04/3/24

5 min read

CobbleStone Software helps you automate contracts for better contract lifecycle management.

As your business grows, so do your responsibilities - especially as they pertain to contracts. Contract volume and contract complexity grow along with your organization. As such, it can be easy to fall into the deleterious pitfalls of time-consuming contract mismanagement. Your organization will inevitably reach a point at which manual contract management processes - such as those involving disparate emails, spreadsheets, shared drives, data entry prone to human error, and manual wet signatures - no longer cut it. But change is a good thing, and you can get ahead of the damaging consequences of contract mismanagement due to a manual process. How? It's simple: automate contracts with contract management software. Read on to learn how to easily get started with streamlined contract management automation!

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Contract Lifecycle Automation - End-to-End CLM Efficiency

By Joshua Hansen on 12/14/22

4 min read

CobbleStone Software explains contract lifecycle automation with contract management software.

Managing contracts can be challenging for legal, procurement, and contract management professionals, especially when primarily relying on manual processes.

Managing the contract lifecycle can prove difficult with spreadsheets, emails, filing cabinets, and other disparate tools.

Contract lifecycle management requires careful planning, the right technology, a well-planned contract strategy, and holistic contract lifecycle automation processes. Thankfully, robust contract management softwarewith a foundation of AI and machine learning can help automate contract lifecycle management processes.

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