Procurement departments can encounter procurement workflow inefficiencies without the proper procure-to-pay tools – especially when implementing inefficient and disjointed contract management processes. You can avoid risk, unreasonable vendor pricing, and vendor non-compliance by leveraging contract management processes in procurement that centralize processes, technology, and people. Read on to discover how you can implement effective contract management software in procurement that results in maximized collaboration of various roles and responsibilities, cost savings, and more fruitful business relationships.
What Is Contract Management in Procurement?
By Joshua Hansen on 10/9/23
CobbleStone Software Blog Recap for February 2022
By Sean Heck on 03/3/22
Did you miss any of our blog posts from February? 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 software and procurement best practices in February by reading the latest CobbleStone® content.
5 Procurement Contract Management Best Practices to Blast Off in 2022
By Sean Heck on 02/28/22
Recent developments in procurement process digital transformation have made it more possible than ever to streamline procurement contract management processes and blast off into the sky to robust procurement and contract management software processes. As such - if your organization is leveraging outdated procurement tools such as disparate spreadsheets, manual filing cabinets, a basic contract database, limited bid outreach, manually collecting bid responses via email, bottleneck-prone procurement contract management task management, disparate vendor management via emails, and others - you could suffer from failure to launch. Luckily, you can leverage a one-stop-shop solution for the processes mentioned above and more. To prepare for takeoff into positively transforming your strategy, here are five procurement contract management best practices to navigate 2022 and beyond with increased governance, procurement centralization, and ROI.
How To Overcome Procurement Challenges With eProcurement Software
By Sean Heck on 07/8/21
Procurement departments can encounter detrimental issues without the proper procure to pay software solutions. Improper procurement planning can bring about unnecessary risk, dark purchasing, deleterious data inaccuracies, harmful supplier issues, and a procurement cycle that is rife with bottlenecks. Procurement teams should not have to be bogged down by wasted time, missed opportunities, and misallocated procurement resources due to disorganized and lackluster procurement planning and execution. They can instead streamline and simplify the procurement process with procurement software as a service integrated with contract management software. Here's how to overcome procurement challenges by reaping the benefits of leading procurement software.