What do you plan to develop exactly? Some details would help to give a quote.

My first remark is that if you want to develop anything in contract management, you should certainly use contRact instead on contact!

With the rise of Enterprise Resource Programs used in large-scale companies, there also came the need to find an open source alternative that was both scalable and compatible with a number of systems. In this regard, a number of more complex systems were developed—customer management systems, enterprise resource planning systems, all large-scale applications built into distinct modules. This modular construction allowed teams of developers to work more efficiently, as the end result would see each model integrated to one true system.

However, as it stands, there has not been an open source system developed that is purely dedicated to contract management software. At this point, the software does not exist (at least I could not find one ). A workaround to this is the use of another enterprise-level system that can respond to your specific needs in contract management. You can use any open-source document management software for your contract management needs. A few systems come to mind at this point, Nuxeo, Alfresco, Knowledge Tree, Xinco and the Owl Intranet Engine are all examples of systems that have document management capabilities.

(see examples here: http://www.opensource-it.com/enterprise_solutions/contract_management_software)

Some of these open source applications even include document tracking capabilities and change logs in case any of the documents are edited. These systems also come with a fully working report generation tool, just in case you will need statistics on your document. 

So this topic is dedicated to your findings over the Internet for these types of systems as partial alternatives to commercial contract management softwares.

If you try out a few of them, please share with us the tips and tricks you find valuable to a contract manager.

Why investing in complex, expensive software?

Basically most Contract Management Solutions in the market place will do the job. For those sales guys who might tell their prospects that theit Contract Management Solution is a significant different.....it's not true. Is all about tracking and tracing, reminders, renewals, cutting costs, more visibility and last but not least a central repository. But then the questions could look like:
Why do customers want to start with Contracked?
What makes Contracked different if Contracked tells everyone that it does what is needs to do, just like most of all other Contract Management solutions?
Why is Contracked's business booming?

The answer to those questions is simple. No training, No difficult deployment, No Setup Costs, No long term contracts, a 30 day free trial so you can figure out yourself, No huge Investment, a 30 day return on investment....(yes you could earn money in the free trial period, you wouldn't be the first) and of course: ease of use in managing the most complex contracts cross multiple locations with multi stake holders....and ease of use in just handling the contract end date if you want to make life just a bit easier!

Test it yourself go to http://www.contracked.com or ask for the demo http://www.contracked.com/demo.html

Regards

Rob

Ncontracts is a secure, web-based, turn-key solution that provides our clients with a great ROI.  Our expert paralegals have extensive experience deciphering and summarizing complex contracts for our clients.  Our full implementation only takes 60 days and then we turn the "keys" over to our clients who then have complete control over their information.  Our clients can rest easy knowing that the data in Ncontracts has integrity and is immediately useful.  After the initial implementation, our clients can add new contracts and amendments themselves, or they can continue to use our monthly processing services.  www.ncontracts.com

In addition to Ncontracts, check out Ncontracts FI for financial institutions & Ncontracts MED for the medical industry.    www.ncontracts.com

Ncontracts is a turn key solution that provides our clients with a great ROI.  Our expert paralegals have extensive experience deciphering and summarizing complex contracts for our clients.  Our full implementation only takes 60 days and then we turn the "keys" over to our clients who then have complete control over their information.  Our clients can rest easy knowing that the data in Ncontracts has integrity and is immediately useful.  After the initial implementation, our clients can add new contracts and amendments themselves, or they can continue to use our monthly processing services.  www.ncontracts.com

In addition to Ncontracts, check out Ncontracts FI for financial institutions & Ncontracts MED for the medical industry.    www.ncontracts.com

Yes you are right,  public should not miss another important contract deadline! That is why I did a research about Network Contract Solutions and I have found out that they provides a safe and secure document storage and retrieval software application that contains insightful summaries, alert notifications, and compliance tools. Together, these features provide our customers with the ability to reduce expenses, enhance profitability, and improve internal efficiencies by effectively managing their contracts.




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I was poundring. What does "good" CM software means?

• Does it need to deploy easy?
• Does it need to be well designed?
• Does it need to be inexpensive?
• Does it need to have a quick and easy Return on Investment?
• Does it cut costs?
• Does it need to be easy adopted by all users?
• Do you need training for that?
• Do you need to have IT knowledge/experience?
• Does it need to be guarded 24/7 but still authorized accessible wherever you are?
• Does it need to help you getting control over all your agreements, liabilities and obligations
• Can you do it without change management?
• Do you want desirable contracts being renewed on time........
• ......and unwanted contracts are terminated immediately upon expiry?
• Can you do it without change management?

 

Well...what can I say: Contracked™ (http://www.contracked.com)  is elegant, ease of use and web-based. Nothing to download, to install or to configure. No IT Department needed, up and running in within 60 seconds, No consultancy needed. All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection.

Enjoy being in business.

Rob

There is a good solution that has been developed by a US Company, Advanced Contractor Cost Management (ACCM). The solution was developed in SAP Netweaver (Webdynpro) and focus's on the capturing/managing of the services provided and associated costs.
It integrates into the SAP Services Procurement process after the issue of the Purchase Order and allows the Vendor to submit the services performed (from the Contract or PO) through the Clients SAP Portal or Company website for approval and then electronically submit a Payment Request based on approved entries. It utilises the SAP Workflow functionality for approvals and the ERS functionality for payment.
It solution takes the data entry part of the process away from the Company, gives great real time cost capture and visibility and removes the problems associated with invoice mismatches. It also has some excellent reporting built in around PO usage, potential overspends and Vendor performance.
It has been shown to save a company between 5 and 10% of their services spend.
The companies website link is below.

www.contractormgmt.com

Cheers
Gary

Just creating Contract Control, That's all!

Using Contracked™ is cutting costs, mitigate risks and increasing contract value, 24/7 wherever you are and what ever you do. Using Contracked is creating Contract Control.

“A gift for CEO, CFO and Procurement. They need to help their company to control the content of contracts with a logical result: reducing costs, increasing revenue and better controlling risks. ”

“Contracked™ is so simple you can't do anything wrong. It is is addictively easy-to-use. "

Look at http://www.contracked.com and find out yourself in a 30-day free trial!

On a daily basis Contracked™ is active for many users controlling their contracts and contract's content. Managing contracts is a easy as sening an e-mail. Our customers use Contracked™ Contract Management to

• reduce costs
• purchase contracts consolidation
• increasing revenue and
• mitigate risks

Contracked™ is used in all kinds of industries including Manufacturing, eCommerce, Governement, Automotive, IT and more. It is used in small, midsized and large enterprise, all over the world.

•Does it need to deploy easy?
•Does it need to be well designed?
•Does it need to be inexpensive?
•Does it need to have a quick and easy Return on Investment?
•Does it cut costs?
•Does it need to be easy adopted by all users?
•Do you need training for that?
•Do you need to have IT knowledge/experience?
•Does it need to be guarded 24/7 but still authorized accessible wherever you are?
•Does it need to help you getting control over all your agreements, liabilities and obligations
•Can you do it without change management?
•Do you want desirable contracts being renewed on time........
•......and unwanted contracts are terminated immediately upon expiry?
•Can you do it without change management?
 

Well...what can I say: Contracked™ (http://www.contracked.com)  is elegant, ease of use and web-based. Nothing to download, to install or to configure. No IT Department needed, up and running in within 60 seconds, No consultancy needed. All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection.

Enjoy being in business.

Rob

Find out yourself: http://www.contracked.com and start to use the 30-day free trial