Contract Insights

A disjointed procurement management process can lead to procurement workflow bottlenecks.  The manual management of contracts, vendors, purchase orders, and bids can prove challenging and ineffective.  Processes that involve paying per solicitation can grow expensive.  Don’t waste time, resources, and opportunities with a decentralized and inefficient procurement process.  Leverage leading eProcurement software for procurement management success “from cradle to grave.”

Antiquated procurement processes can prove cumbersome, and may, unfortunately, reduce the value, efficiency, and innovation of procurement.  In addition to being ineffectual, the manual management of vendors, bids, contracts, and purchase orders may prove challenging and damaging.  It's time to change the perception of procurement from a tedious function to a beneficial process that is reimagined, value-adding, and streamlined.  Here's how to leverage eProcurement software for a winning procurement process!

As the end of the third fiscal quarter draws nearer, the fact remains that the manual management of contracts, vendors, bids, and purchase orders can prove difficult and ineffectual.  Methods that involve paying per solicitation can grow quite costly.  Here's how to unlock six key eProcurement software tools for procurement prosperity through the third fiscal quarter and beyond!

Manually managing purchase orders, bids, vendors, and contracts can be difficult.  Processes that involve paying per solicitation can become extremely costly.  Limited visibility leaves your organization with an imperfect pool of vendors. Hindrances such as an inadequate sourcing platform, an overly complicated procurement system database, and an inefficient contract lifecycle process can prevent your organization from properly administering its contracts.  An effectual source-to-contract process is the solution to the abovementioned issues.  CobbleStone Software’s Contract Insight can provide that solution.

Trusted purchase order management software can reduce administrative costs, promote accountability, improve communication and asset oversight, and help your organization to scale efficiently and effectually.  CobbleStone Software’s Contract Insight can help you to make better purchasing decisions with comprehensive asset lifecycle management.

CobbleStone is proud to announce that the 2020 Contract Management Conference will be held on October 7-9, 2020, in Austin, Texas.  Read on to learn why this conference is the must-attend event of 2020 to help contract management, legal, and procurement professionals become leaders in contract management. 

In 2020, leading organizations must reinvent procurement by first evaluating challenges and then by creating a procurement strategy, optimizing procurement processes, embracing technology, and committing to a proactive approach to procurement.

CobbleStone attended the 2019 NY GovBuy on April 30^th and May 1^st as a contract management and eSourcing software exhibitor.  The event was a collaborative experience for NY state government buyers, held in Albany, NY at the Empire State Plaza and Albany Capital Center.  Sessions provided conference attendees with industry news and best practices for procurement, bid management, contract management, and more.  If you didn’t get a chance to attend 2019 NY GovBuy, I outlined some key takeaways from the NY state conference.