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Digitally signing contracts is being used by more and more companies. Yet most companies are not aware that there are different types of digital signatures, and what the advantages and disadvantages are. In this eBook you will learn more about the differences, and when you should use which one.

An answer to questions such as 'What is a contract?' seems so obvious at first that you can spend your time on something better. Yet that is exactly the fallacy that many organizations make. They leave the basis of contract management for what it is, and as a result get less return (financial or otherwise) from their contract agreements.

In a filing cabinet, in a box, in that locked cabinet, in the safe, in the archive, on the server, in a folder, in a cabinet, on your hard drive, in the folders at the administration, at the head office, at the branch in the region, at the management, at your desk, etc. etc. By the time you ask the question, it is often already too late. This eBook is about the absolute basis of contract management: the location of your contract.

Many contracts are signed. We see many cooperation agreements, but also other agreements such as service contracts, purchase contracts, insurance and facility contracts. To make the contracts in your company manageable, it is necessary to manage these contracts. This starts with managing the end dates, then retrieving the contracts and then being able to manage the content of the contracts.

How do you manage the content of a contract?
Once you know where your contracts are and when they expire (or renew), it's time to look at the content. What agreements are in the contract? Who should keep track of it? And how do you organize that?

Managing contracts is not difficult at all. But it is incredibly important that you have a good grasp of the basics. Start with managing a contract at the end date. Unfortunately, this is precisely what often goes wrong in the hotel industry. That is why we have written an eBook that answers the following important questions: What is the importance of managing contracts by expiry date? Why do many hotel (chain)s fail? How can you manage contracts by end date?

Managing contracts is not difficult at all. But it is incredibly important that you have a good grasp of the basics. Start with managing a contract at the end date. Unfortunately, that is precisely what often goes wrong in organizations. That is why we have written an eBook that answers the following important questions: What is the importance of managing contracts by expiry date? Why do many companies fail? How can you manage contracts by end date?

Perhaps your company has hundreds of contracts spread across offices in London, New York and Shanghai. Perhaps it is about a filing cabinet in Atlanta and a desk drawer in San Francisco. It doesn't matter much in terms of content. Everyone who works in or with a multi-site organization faces the same important questions about Contract Management.

Selecting contract management software can be quite complicated. You often tend to name functionalities. The real question is whether you need these features for managing contracts or for something else.