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CobbleStone Software Blog Recap for February 2022

By Sean Heck on 03/3/22

3 min read

CobbleStone Software offers its blog recap for February 2022.

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.

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5 Procurement Contract Management Best Practices to Blast Off in 2022

By Sean Heck on 02/28/22

5 min read

CobbleStone Software presents 5 procurement contract management best practices to succeed in 2022.

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 As such - if your organization is leveraging outdated procurement tools such as disparate spreadsheets, manual filing cabinets, a basic contract database, limited bid outreach, manually collecting bid responses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.

Topics: e-procurement eProcurement eProcurement Planning procurement procurement and acquisition procurement contracts procurement management procurement process Procurement Software

How To Overcome Procurement Challenges With eProcurement Software

By Sean Heck on 07/8/21

5 min read

CobbleStone Software details how to overcome procurement challenges with eProcurement software.

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.

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Procure To Pay Software - How To Select the Right Solution

By Sean Heck on 05/5/21

5 min read

CobbleStone Software offers procure to pay software.

Procurement departments can run into serious issues without the proper procure-to-pay tools. Lackluster procurement strategies can bring unnecessary risk, dark purchasing, detrimental data inaccuracies, harmful supplier issues, and a more drawn-out procure to pay cycle. Procurement teams no longer need to be bogged down by wasted time, overlooked opportunities, and poorly allocated resources due to decentralized and ineffective procurement planning and execution. Rather, they can maximize a future-minded procure to pay process flow with procure to pay software. Here's how procurement professionals can select the right solution for their needs.