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Why is it difficult to manage contracts with an Excel spreadsheet?

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How many times have you forgotten to cancel a contract on time? Your Excel spreadsheet will never warn you about critical deadlines. Find out why this artisanal method is expensive for your business.

The trap of forgotten deadlines

You know the scenario: you wanted to cancel this supplier contract, but you missed the deadline. Result? Here you go again for another year with conditions that you no longer wanted to accept. Your Excel spreadsheet did not budge. No alerts, no reminders, no help.

This situation is repeated in all companies that manage their contracts with inadequate tools. The cost? Thousands of euros in renewals suffered and failed negotiations.

Excel's hidden flaws

No visibility on your commitments

Are you really following the obligations of your suppliers? Are you sure that your IT service provider is sending you its semi-annual reporting? This information probably doesn't exist in your spreadsheet, or it's been out of date for a long time.

These breaches reveal lost renegotiation opportunities. A supplier that does not respect its contractual commitments gives you arguments to review the conditions to your advantage.

The domino effect of mistakes

Excel accumulates human errors. A date entered incorrectly, a line deleted accidentally, a formula broken during a modification: your file becomes unreliable. When your business depends on this information, every mistake can be costly.

The strategic challenge of contract management

Contract management goes beyond simple administration. It directly impacts your governance, your legal and financial risks, and your profitability. Businesses that master this management benefit from better visibility into their obligations, a reduction in contractual costs and increased productivity.

Your contracts govern your relationships with suppliers, customers and partners. If poorly managed, they become sources of friction and hidden costs. Well managed, they become performance levers.

The solution: automate to release

An intelligent contracteque

Imagine a solution that centralizes all your online contracts, accessible in one click. It automatically alerts you to important deadlines according to the notice of each contract. No more oblivion, no more renewal suffered.

This contract library is shared between employees with different rights. Your legal team can change, your procurement team can consult, your management can analyze. Everyone has access to the information they need without the risk of altering the data.

Management that transforms your approach

Dashboards give you an accurate view of your billing schedule. You anticipate your financial commitments instead of suffering them. You follow the obligations of your suppliers and identify those who do not respect their commitments.

This information becomes an asset during negotiations. You come to the table with facts, dates, and solid arguments.

Technology at the service of your efficiency

A contract management solution based on a BPM platform offers robustness and customization. Unlike Excel, it adapts to your specific processes while guaranteeing the reliability of the data.

The cloud makes this solution available everywhere, all the time. Your teams stay connected to critical contract information even while on the go.

In addition, all your contracts are stored securely and accessible according to the authorizations.

Immediate and measurable benefits

Full accessibility: all your contracts online, searchable and intelligently classified.

Automatic alerts: email notifications according to your notice settings for each type of contract.

Secure collaboration: controlled sharing between collaborators without risk of data corruption.

Strategic vision: dashboards to manage your contractual portfolio like a real asset.

Your transformation starts now

Excel is wasting time, money, and opportunities. This artisanal method no longer corresponds to the current challenges of governance and performance.

Skip to a dedicated solution frees your teams from time-consuming administrative tasks to refocus them on analysis and negotiation. This transformation improves your position in all your contractual relationships.

Your business deserves better than a spreadsheet to manage its most critical commitments. It deserves a solution that lives up to its ambitions.

For its simplicity of implementation and use, its functional flexibility and the richness of its functional administration interface. EDM makes it possible to keep documents over a long period of time with optimal classification accessible thanks to an easy-to-use search.
Marie LOMBARDO
Technical Engineering and Information Systems Department Manager
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