Contract Insights

Did you miss any of our blog posts from May?  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.

Managing government contracts with disparate processes such as shared drives, email, disorganized documents, and disorderly spreadsheets can prove challenging and leave your organization vulnerable to undue risk.  Public contract managers implementing such disparate contract management methods can transform their processes and maximize their budget by fiscal year-end by investing in a robust contract management software system that can seamlessly evolve with their organizations’ needs.  City, state, and federal contract management professionals can streamline their processes with the help of an end-to-end government contract management software suite that centralizes government contract administration services from requests to renewals.  Read on to learn how leveraging a centralized government contract management system with integrated eSourcing and eProcurement features can empower government contract management professionals to successfully administrate the many moving parts of their contracting processes.

CobbleStone® Software's latest release – CobbleStone Contract Insight® Enterprise Version 17.9.0 – is here, providing visionary CLM features and feature enhancements to bring your contract management software suite even further into the future!

Did you miss any of our blog posts from April?  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.

Did you miss any of our blog posts from March?  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.

As the US begins to successfully mitigate the effects of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, it would be nearly impossible to overstate how vital it has been for manufacturers to consistently improve and optimize the COVID vaccine supply chain and for the US government to enlist the aid of the best possible suppliers.  As the current rate of daily doses continues to grow - and we celebrate how successful supply chain management has begun to save the day - let's look at some tips to maintain future-minded supply chain management processes moving forward.

Government contract management can be divided into three overarching phases: procurement and acquisition planning, the sourcing and award, and post-award contract administration.  The first two phases typically enjoy the most time, attentiveness, and financial investment.  However, the neglect of the third stage - post-award management - as a tertiary duty can leave your organization unsupported and en route toward needless compliance violations, increased risk variables, and missed opportunities.  It could be argued that the post award contract process is the most essential stage for your government organization, but it has notoriously been abandoned to insufficient visibility and a lack of allocated resources.  Read this article to learn how to face the challenges of post award contract management head on with an actionable post award contract management software solution.

This blog post was updated on March 3, 2021.

Pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations have a lot on their plate.  Unfortunately, many organizations lack an efficient process to handle a myriad of contracts, clinical trials, promotions, supplies/goods, regulations, and compliance standards.  Consequently, these organizations may leave themselves unprotected from potential increased risk, delays, compliance violations, wasted time, and squandered revenue.  Here’s how to improve life sciences and pharmaceutical contract management with accelerated contracting and compliance management.