Contract Insights

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As contract management continuously evolves amidst ongoing digital transformation, it's important to pursue smart goals that can keep up with the times.  Rather than fall behind with manual contract management processes that require disparate tools - such as email, spreadsheets, and shared drives – read on to see how you can leverage future-minded contract management software tools to fulfill your contract management goals successfully.

Gathering contract signatures can be a challenging task, especially when working with multiple signatories in various locations.  Signatures finalize contracts and propel their execution. This highly anticipated step can be delayed with manual processes that include scanning signed documents, emailing scanned contracts, signing with wet signatures, mailing contracts with wet signatures, and reorganizing signed contracts in shared drives - to name a few. Moreover, specific signatures can require notarization, which can further delay the signing process.  Read on to learn how eSignature software within contract management software can make contract signing quick and easy.

Contract authoring is essential.  An inefficient process can hinder organizations and result in error-prone contracts with missing or misplaced clauses.

Additionally, overlooked key dates and milestones and a confusing process can stall the contract lifecycle.  Luckily, leading contract management software can provide intelligent authoring.  Read on to learn how to simplify and modernize the contract writing process.