Contract Insights

What is e sourcing?  Why is it important?  What can I do to get started with a suitable eSourcing process?  Read on to define "eSourcing," discover the troubles of manual sourcing processes, and learn how to optimize your eSourcing process in the age of digital transformation with a centralized and user-friendly integrated eSourcing software and contract management software platform.

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.

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.

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.

Robust contract data management, contract analytics, and contract data security provide the necessary insights and protection for organizations to cut contract lifecycle times with enhanced control, governance, security, and visibility.  Organizations can transform contracts into powerful, data-driven sources of business intelligence that support contract strategy, contract management KPIs, and goals with the help of leading contract management software.  Here’s how.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left supply chains all over the world in a state of disarray.  Now more than ever, antiquated supply chain contract management procedures can prevent efficiency and growth, decrease ROI, and damage organizational reputation in the face of unforeseen and vulnerable circumstances.  Don’t let outdated supply chain management methods leave your organization exposed to the potentially detrimental effects of uncontrollable events; establish an ironclad supply chain contract management process for supply chain success.

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. 

What is Source-to-Settle Software?

Source-to-settle software is an advanced system that provides an end-to-end digital sourcing experience for both you and your vendors.  Your current sourcing process is most likely manual, filled with a difficult-to-track bid process including spreadsheets that constantly get lost in your organization’s shared drive.  Source-to-settle software makes eSourcing easy for both you and your vendors to efficiently collaborate, and for your organization to have better transparency over bid responses, so you can award the best vendor based on your needs.