Contract Insights

Vendor, customer, and employee compliance management are essential for organizations to maintain adherence to compliance standards, mitigate risk, and uphold their reputation. However, as contract volume grows, it can be difficult for organizations to track the records of vendors, customers, partners, and employees regularly. To achieve and maintain compliance, it is paramount that organizations, regardless of industry, remain aware of violations committed by entities they are performing business with. Such violations include failure to adhere to economic and trade sanctions under The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Contract management software with intelligent national sanction compliance checks and risk analysis snapshots can help organizations avoid these issues by providing a comprehensive and centralized OFAC search process. This solution is CobbleStone Software

No matter what type of business environment or sector you choose, organizations are constantly looking for ways to streamline processes and improve efficiency. One such area is contract management. Contracts are a vital part of virtually all business operations, but managing them manually can be time-consuming and prone to costly errors. Additionally, contract management plays a part in many other processes, and centrally improving multiple processes at once can be a tall order. This is where cross-functional contract management software comes in to help legal teams and other relevant business professionals.

Contracts are legally binding - and thus need to be executed properly.  Legal teams should equip themselves with a thorough understanding of the contract lifecycle management process.  The contract lifecycle is the process under which a contract is authored, reviewed, sent for signature, executed, and - potentially - renewed. 

The "lifecycle" is an archetype used to compartmentalize and understand a contract's complex evolution.  The lifecycle begins with contract requests and concludes when these requests are fulfilled - with the possibility of managing contract renewal.  Let's further explore the eight stages of the contract lifecycle below and how digital contract management software can help streamline your contracting processes. 

In the constantly-evolving landscape of business technology, generative artificial intelligence has emerged as an unstoppable force – positively transforming the way businesses across sizes and sectors operate. This tour-de-force of power of generative AI also applies to contract lifecycle management (CLM).