Icertis Contract Management Blog

The roles of procurement and the chief procurement officer have grown steadily in importance and scope in recent years—particularly as they pertain to digital transformation efforts. On the one...

The last 18 months have provided a stark lesson in the need for agility, particularly in the retail, food, and CPG sectors, with supply and demand fluctuating wildly. In the first half of 2021,...

Last year, as companies responded to unprecedented disruptions, Icertis experienced an enormous surge in interest in our contract lifecycle management (CLM) software. These companies needed to...

Today we are releasing the 13th episode of Icertis’ podcast series, “Contracts Over Coffee.” This series brings together the most influential voices in the Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management...

Icertis’ relationship with Microsoft runs deep. We’ve long been a Microsoft customer--our platform was built natively on Azure. And Microsoft has long been an Icertis customer—in fact, they were...

In his 12 years as a supply chain executive at Airbus, culminating in his role as Chief Procurement Officer, Klaus Richter oversaw a sprawling organization responsible for sourcing the materials...

Today we are releasing the 12th episode of Icertis’ podcast series, “Contracts Over Coffee.” This series brings together the most influential voices in the Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management...

It’s been a year since national protests for racial justice prompted corporations to promise action on numerous fronts, from how they hire to how they source goods and services. One concrete goal...

In a fast-growing company, identifying the most important thing to work on in any given situation is not easy. There are always exciting initiatives, ongoing efforts, and emerging opportunities...

The most strategic procurement departments in the world already know: You can only be as agile as your contract processes. Key Takeaways: Agility emerged as the ‘antidote’ to 2020’s massive...

Foreword by Sarah Armstrong, Director IP Partner Strategy & Sales, Microsoft, and Martin Mohr, VP Business Development & Alliances, Icertis Nobody is quite sure who first said, “a verbal contract...

I have always been deeply inspired by the Helen Keller quote, "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much," and those were my exact feelings when Icertis was named Partner of the Year –...

Last July, I sat down with John Connors, former CFO at Microsoft and a Partner at Ignition Partners, to discuss how the pandemic has changed the nature of the finance office. We talked about how...

A new generation of shoppers is placing emphasis on buying ethically sourced goods. According to a new report on consumer trends from First Insight, 62% of Generation Z prefer to buy from...

After all the challenges we faced in 2020, 2021 dawned with new hope as vaccination drives gained momentum. Despite a new wave of infections impacting many places around the world, we continue to...

2020 was a very bad year for supply chains. The second half of the year, in particular, saw widespread disruption that exposed supply chain inefficiencies on a global scale. Many retailers were...

In our previous post, we explored why transforming a procurement organization is a significant undertaking, but one that is well worth the effort. An automated, connected system helps companies...

In the context of day-to-day business operations, procurement plays a critical part in creating cost savings for the company. But aspiring procurement leaders and teams aim to deliver strategic...