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Guides and analysis covering contract ownership, lifecycle management, renewals, obligations and performance.


Digital Mirror: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract Management

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Digital Mirror: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract terms, invoice discrepancies and what the published financial examples actually establish.

Oct 11, 2026

Deployed: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract Management

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Deployed: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Structured Statements of Work, review controls and what document completion can—and cannot—establish.

Oct 11, 2026

Birdseye: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract Management

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Birdseye: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract follow-up, published pricing and the work that starts after signature.

Oct 11, 2026

Agiloft: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract Management

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Agiloft: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Configurable contracting, Astra access, approval behaviour and the meaning of RUSH's results.

Oct 11, 2026

Icertis: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract Management

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Icertis: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Supplier contract data, Vera product boundaries, approval authority and the evidence behind customer results.

Oct 11, 2026

Ironclad: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Contract Management

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Ironclad: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

A free vendor overview, followed by our assessment of contract records, review authority, implementation and customer results.

Oct 11, 2026

IDC survey exposes the enterprise AI-agent governance gap.

Contract Management

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IDC survey exposes the enterprise AI-agent governance gap.

IDC research commissioned by Leah finds that production use is accelerating while unsanctioned agents, poor interoperability and contract handoffs remain unresolved.

Oct 11, 2026

Icertis survey: supplier contract value needs an owner.

Supplier Management

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Icertis survey: supplier contract value needs an owner.

A negotiated benefit needs someone to check that it arrives.

Oct 11, 2026

Ironclad’s contract AI agents need commercial context.

Contract Management

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Ironclad’s contract AI agents need commercial context.

Past agreements are useful context. They still need an approved interpretation.

Oct 11, 2026

OpenAI’s Ironclad benchmark: the procurement acceptance gap.

Contract Management

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OpenAI’s Ironclad benchmark: the procurement acceptance gap.

OpenAI’s Ironclad benchmark makes the case for testing the finished workflow.

Oct 11, 2026

There are 122 procurement technology vendors in one assessment

Procurement Technology

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There are 122 procurement technology vendors in one assessment

Hackett’s latest SolutionMap shows why feature-led procurement-tech selection is becoming impossible, especially as AI blurs established categories.

Oct 6, 2026

OpenAI just moved underneath the CLM market

Procurement Technology

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OpenAI just moved underneath the CLM market

Astra for Law gives legal teams and technology vendors a specialist foundation model, legal search and contract-analysis tooling. CLM vendors now need to prove what they add above the model layer.

Oct 6, 2026

Your AI supplier has a misbehaviour register. Can you see it?

Procurement Technology

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Your AI supplier has a misbehaviour register. Can you see it?

OpenAI’s new disclosure framework exposes a gap in enterprise contracts: model misbehaviour may be neither a data breach nor an outage.

Oct 6, 2026

Before the deadline.

Contract Management

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Before the deadline.

The difference between a renewal reminder and renewal readiness.

Aug 8, 2026

Contract Renewals Explained: How Procurement Teams Avoid Costly Auto-Renewals

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Contract Renewals Explained: How Procurement Teams Avoid Costly Auto-Renewals

A practical guide to contract renewals, notices and commercial decisions

Aug 8, 2026

AI Contract Management Platforms: The Vendor Landscape

Procurement Technology

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AI Contract Management Platforms: The Vendor Landscape

AI-powered contract creation, review, extraction, obligation tracking and renewal intelligence for procurement and legal teams.

Jul 19, 2026

Contract Auto-Renewals: A Practical Procurement Control Guide

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Contract Auto-Renewals: A Practical Procurement Control Guide

How to build visibility, ownership and renewal discipline before notice periods expire

Jun 26, 2025

Why Procurement Contract Management Breaks (and How to Reset It)

Guides

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Why Procurement Contract Management Breaks (and How to Reset It)

Diagnose intake, ownership, handover and renewal problems before adding more technology

Dec 14, 2024

Contract Lifecycle Management for Procurement Teams

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Contract Lifecycle Management for Procurement Teams

A practical guide to process, ownership, controls, technology and AI across the contract lifecycle

May 10, 2024

Six Procurement Contract Types You Should Understand

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Six Procurement Contract Types You Should Understand

How MSAs, SOWs, order forms, SLAs, data terms and NDAs work together

May 3, 2024

Procurement Contract Ownership: 101 Guide

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Procurement Contract Ownership: 101 Guide

Who should be the contract owner in your organisation?

Mar 18, 2024

Contract Management KPIs: A Practical Measurement Framework

Contract Management

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Contract Management KPIs: A Practical Measurement Framework

Nine measures covering flow, control and realised commercial value

Jan 13, 2024

3 Ways To Improve Your Procurement Contracts for Immediate ROI

Guides

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3 Ways To Improve Your Procurement Contracts for Immediate ROI

A big ol'read full of actionable information

Oct 20, 2023

The Modern Contract Manager: Skills for Technology, Data and AI

Guides

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The Modern Contract Manager: Skills for Technology, Data and AI

Why contract managers are becoming process owners, data stewards and supervisors of digital work

Oct 6, 2023

Why Procurement of Intellectual Property Is Tricky...Until you Read This

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Why Procurement of Intellectual Property Is Tricky...Until you Read This

Insights from my years of working with Intellectual Property

Sep 15, 2023

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