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Rod LinsleyAugust 14, 2019

How To Enhance Your Time-to-Contract Process

In this article we demonstrate how to balance a fast time-to-contract with ensuring a high quality agreement at a reasonable cost.

Rod LinsleyAugust 1, 2019

How Proverbial Wisdom Can Help Improve Contract Risk Mitigation

Find out how two well known proverbs can be applied to contract management to guide risk mitigation activities. Includes a free contract summary template for helping to capture the vital contract...

Ian BryceJuly 26, 2019

What is Contract Economics?

Gatekeeper's view of contract economics and how its principles can be applied to your business in order to generate better returns from your contracting processes.

Ian BryceJuly 24, 2019

The benefits of contract management in numbers

A summary of independent research and findings into the benefits of contract management systems and how they help businesses secure more value from their contract agreements.

Ian BryceJuly 19, 2019

The Importance of Data Sovereignty for Contract Management

Data sovereignty is a vital component of information security, which dictates where data needs to be stored in order to be compliant with relevant legislation. With contracts containing large amounts...

Rod LinsleyJuly 5, 2019

How to conduct a CLM Maturity Assessment

Calculate where your business sits on the Contract Lifecycle Management Maturity Curve using our free templates and guide. Understand the gaps in your process and the steps to take to move up to the...

Rod LinsleyJuly 3, 2019

How to check your return on contracts

How do you know if your contracts are generating value for money? Use our simple framework and apply it to your contracts (including free template).

Ian BryceJune 25, 2019

The benefits of signing contracts electronically

Electronic signatures offer some significant benefits over traditional wet signatures. When you combine them with a full contract lifecycle management platform you unlock even greater value from your...

Ian BryceJune 19, 2019

Artificial Intelligence Series: AI and contract risk management

AI has the potential to turbo-charge contract management processes and save time and money. Find out how it can improve risk management in your business today.

Rod LinsleyJune 17, 2019

RFP Guide 4 - How to conclude an RFP

The last of four articles on RFPs - here we outline the best way to identify proposals of interest, negotiate with chosen suppliers, debrief unsuccessful suppliers and execute the agreement.

Rod LinsleyJune 14, 2019

RFP Evaluation Guide 3 - How to evaluate and score supplier proposals

Article 3 in our guide to running RFPs. Here we focus on how the evaluation team should conduct themselves, working closely with suppliers, minimising delays and achieving consistency and reliability...

Rod LinsleyJune 13, 2019

RFP Guide 2 - How to conduct a preliminary review of supplier proposals

Gatekeeper's second article on running effective RFPs - focusing on the initial review of the RFP responses and the supplier presentations.

Ian BryceMay 20, 2019

What makes Gatekeeper different?

Not all contract management solutions are created equal. Find out why Gatekeeper is different from the competition and how to decide which system is the right fit for your business.

Ian BryceMay 16, 2019

When is an ISO Certification not an ISO Certification?

ISO Certifications are global standards that provide independent evidence of a company's capabilities. When reviewing prospective partners, it's important to understand what their certifications mean...

Ian BryceMarch 29, 2019

The Case For Contract Management in Startup Businesses

Often neglected, Contract Management has an important role to play for startup businesses as they look to grow. Following disciplined processes from the beginning will give them the stable base to...

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