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Shannon Smith

Shannon Smith
Shannon Smith bridges the gap between expert knowledge and practical VCLM application. Through her extensive writing, and years within the industry, she has become a trusted resource for Procurement and Legal professionals seeking to navigate the ever-changing landscape of vendor management, contract management and third-party risk management.
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Recent Posts

Shannon SmithMarch 19, 2021

Key qualities of a successful Contract Manager

Contract Managers need a certain set of skills, understanding and knowledge to be effective in their job roles. Discover some of the key qualities that lead to success.

Shannon SmithMarch 2, 2021

How to improve contract risk management throughout your business

Discover how contract management software can help you to minimise overall risk throughout your business and with third-parties.

Shannon SmithFebruary 23, 2021

How to use contract tracking software to take control of your portfolio

Discover five benefits of contract tracking software and how your business can use technology to automate internal processes, create a single source of truth and gain total visibility.

Shannon SmithDecember 14, 2020

Why Your Business Needs to Migrate its Legacy Contracts

Discover the importance of migrating your legacy contracts to a digital contract repository, how centralisation will give you more control and how ContractNow can support your efforts.

Shannon SmithNovember 2, 2020

How to unlock simple contract management with data-driven dashboards

Discover how your business can achieve simple contract management by prioritising the implementation of software that includes data-driven dashboards.

Shannon SmithOctober 22, 2020

How to improve your contract administration process

In-house teams often lose too much time to contract administration. Below, we take a look at how the right processes and technology will create new efficiencies for businesses of every type.

Shannon SmithOctober 1, 2020

How to Manage Your Contracts Using Spreadsheets

Discover the benefits, risks and considerations that need to be made around using Excel to manage contracts. Access 13 free templates that will help you to get more from your existing processes.

Shannon SmithSeptember 2, 2020

What is a Contract Repository and its Benefits?

Discover the key benefits you can unlock by implementing a centralised contract repository and maturing your approach to contract management beyond Excel.

Shannon SmithJuly 20, 2020

Five Risks of Using Excel Spreadsheets for Contract Management

Discover the limitations and risks of using Excel spreadsheets for contract management and why you should opt for a dedicated software instead.

Shannon SmithJuly 13, 2020

What is contract management software?

Discover what contract management software, how it can benefit your business and how it can help you to take back control of your contracts.

Shannon SmithJune 2, 2020

Three ways to get more value from your contract renewals

Discover three ways to get more value from you renewals process by using contract management software.

Shannon SmithMay 22, 2020

How to measure Contract Management KPIs and what to prioritise

Discover the Contract Management KPIs you should be measuring, how to set the right strategy in place and how CLM software can help.

Shannon SmithMay 7, 2020

How to build a business case for contract management software

Follow these steps to build a compelling business case for contract management software, win your stakeholders' buy-in and demonstrate potential ROI.

Shannon SmithMay 7, 2020

What is contract management?

Discover what contract management is, the best practices that should be applied to each lifecycle of a contract and how your business can benefit from them.

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