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As part of the legacy contract migration/data extraction series of blogs, here is the 3rd one of the series. Can I extract and track my business-specific information? But of course! In fact, 30-40% of the information Brightleaf extracts is our clients’ business-specific information. To give an example, for a Class 1 Railroad company, we extracted [...] Read More

The first part of the series covered, what is legacy contract migration and why do I need to do it? Here we will discuss the next/second question that is asked very often too, what attributes do I extract and ingest into a CLM during the legacy contract migration process into a CLM? There is no […]

To kick off the series, let us first start with the simplest question – What is legacy contract migration and why do I need to do it? You are looking to install a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system to get a handle on your contracts, what good is having a great CLM without any data? […]

Companies often struggle to keep all their contracts in a central place with the goal of making them accessible to the appropriate people throughout the company. Oftentimes, new contracts are negotiated, executed, then filed away (and forgotten) in a drawer, or in a file folder on the computer of the business person in charge of […]

Invest in a CLM Solution: You say why? We say why not Every contract can be different and it usually is. Clauses can be expressed differently in different words and acronyms – even misspellings can be there. These details are often scattered among multiple clauses in the same contract. The contract process needs to be [...] Read More

Upgrading your data extraction technology is tough and comes with lots of questions. If you have a CLM system or are preparing to buy one, have you analyzed the importance of the information hidden in your legacy contracts lying in cabinets or shared drives for your new CLM system? In this guide, we’ll cover some […]

As per a study by the Institute for Supply Management, a typical Fortune 1000 company manages anywhere between 20,000 to 40,000 active contracts at any given time. Additionally, there are legacy contracts to add to the number. Keeping track of all of these contracts can be a nightmare if done manually. Using Natural language processing [...] Read More

What is contract intelligence? Contract intelligence is the process of learning and utilizing knowledge gathered using AI-assisted contract analysis to transform contracts and agreements into valuable business assets. It empowers you to have contract visibility and take actionable insights from your contracts. It not only helps in providing transparency but also in monitoring key performance [...] Read More

When people plan a contract management system, their immediate concerns tend to focus on finding their contracts and reporting on standard metadata, including contract owner, contract status, and renewal date. A centralized repository takes care of the first need. Configured reports set up for specific contract metadata address the second need. But beyond standard contract […]

To continue operating profitably is always the primary focus of any enterprise. In today’s competitive corporate environment, the ability to effectively manage contracts is essential to surviving in the marketplace and achieving success. At different points in our lives, each of us would have or will, without exception, sign a contract. However, have we ever […]

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CEO Blog 3: Can I extract and track my business specific information?

CEO Blog 2: What attributes do I extract and ingest into a CLM during the legacy contract migration process?

CEO Blog 1: What is legacy contract migration?

Reduce risk by unleashing contract insights

Busting the myths around investing in a CLM Solution

What is a legacy contract and approach to manage

Transforming contract management process with NLP

Contract Intelligence is the key to greater transparency into your contractual terms

Obligation tracking: Stay on top of all your commitments

Why do we manage contracts?