How do you manage complex contracts for a large educational organization? During a long search for a software solution, Summa College decides to start thinking more from contracts and less from the organization. Read in this case study what Summa College did to make a choice for Contract Management Software in the Cloud. 

Challenge

The Summa College in Eindhoven was working with a poorly functioning contract management system. Expired contracts polluted the database, the desired data could not be linked and employees found the software very complicated. Partly because of this, they did not respond to all notifications from the system.

"If you get nine nonsensical e-mails, throw away the tenth," recalls Annette Beniers, central contract administrator, summing up the problem. She regularly searches the software for others, but within an organization that manages contracts worth more than 100 million euros, it is essential that the right person can access the right information at the right time.

That is why Summa College decides to look for a contract management solution that works better. How do you go about this? Which requirements are most important? And how do you know for sure that a supplier will keep all its promises?