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Master your contract management workflow

Learn how to streamline even the most complex contracts, so you can save your team time and money.

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Contract management can make or break a business. Glitches in the flow can cause legal issues, eat away at revenue, and damage working relationships with partners. On the flip side, when contracts are effectively managed, your organization can avoid disputes and maintain healthy partnerships—both essential to growth.

Let’s explore how you can create and optimize a contract management process that’s ready to scale with your organization, and all the benefits that come with it.

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No team member wants the arduous task of tracking every single milestone within the contracting process—and not every step in the contract management workflow needs a human touch. 

An automated system can be used to receive new requests for contracts, draft basic legal language for new contracts, and streamline auditing, reporting, approvals, and renewals.

The ability to set reminders within the platform and even enable automatic email reminders also takes the burden of remembering off of your team’s (likely very full) plate, and allows them to focus on the bigger picture of hitting targets and achieving business goals.

‍Add eSignature capabilities

The signature portion is arguably the most important part of the contract. There’s no deal until the contract is signed.

‍With electronic signature as an option, your team can ensure that everything gets signed as quickly as possible. 

Digital signatures enable deals to be confirmed on the go, all while ensuring security and efficiency at the same time. Make sure they’re a part of your contract management stack.

Save time with templates

No need to draft every single contract from scratch. While you certainly want every contract to feel (and to some extent actually be) personalized for each client, a little standardization can go a long way. Having a reliable library of contracts will give you a strong foundation for developing even the most complex contracts.

With Dropbox Sign, you can turn your most frequently used contracts into templates or download some commonly used forms like NDAs, consulting agreements, and social media policies.

Dropbox shares how you can save time on contracts by using Dropbox Sign templates.

More ways to keep your contract management up to date

Audit your current workflow

‍How you managed contracts for your first few clients should and will change significantly, so empower your team to review your contract management process at regular intervals (quarterly or annually). Don’t be afraid to call out key wins while also tackling challenges and risks that pop up. Armed with that baseline information, you can embark on improving how contracts are handled within your organization.

‍Whether your goals are to eliminate certain risks or save money, it’s important to know exactly why you’re altering your contract management approach. To reimagine how contract management works within your company, you need both the why and the how.

Stick to one system

Yes, every client requires personalized engagement. And while it may seem a bit counterintuitive, standardizing your contract management process allows you to support each client more effectively.

‍Having a contract management system that keeps all of your contracts and interactions with stakeholders in the same place can save you from problems down the line with missing paperwork and miscommunication.

‍A single system allows for better communication between relevant parties in the contracting process and keeps all sensitive information more secure.

‍Step into the modern era

Whether your sales team is working to improve their contract management or you need to overhaul how your entire organization manages contracts, we have the tools and resources to help you streamline your process.

‍With a little thoughtful planning and an assist from cloud services, you can shift contract management from being a challenge for your organization to a streamlined and efficient process that helps to accelerate your growth.

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