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Ian BryceSeptember 30, 2025

Managing Contracts Using Excel: Free Templates for 2025

Manage vendor contracts with our free Excel templates, designed to help you increase visibility and take control of your portfolio.

Ian BryceAugust 18, 2025

What Is Contract Management? A Guide to CLM and AI Best Practices for 2025

Discover how AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) transforms contracts into a board-level control point. Learn best practices for 2025 to cut risk, boost compliance, and protect margins.

Rod LinsleyJune 10, 2025

Why CFOs Should Champion Vendor and Contract Visibility

Discover why CFOs are now responsible for unlocking contract visibility—and how doing so strengthens forecasting, reduces financial exposure, and drives strategic growth

Shannon SmithApril 2, 2025

Contract Reminder Software Built for CFOs

Stop contract leakage and protect margins. Discover how contract reminder software gives CFOs real-time visibility, control, and commercial leverage.

Ian BryceDecember 19, 2024

How to Manage Vendors in 2025

Discover how to improve vendor management throughout 2025 with best practices and dedicated technology.

Ian BryceApril 18, 2024

Contract Management and the Cloud

Learn top strategies for cloud contract management. Optimize workflows and boost efficiency with Gatekeeper's VCLM platform.

Shannon SmithMay 9, 2023

5 types of vendor management dashboards your business needs right now

Vendor management dashboards can give you the insights you need to better manage your relationships. Explore the dashboards offered by Gatekeeper.

Shannon SmithAugust 25, 2022

5 Ways to Use Supplier Management Software

Supplier Management Software can help you to improve relationships, automate your processes and create a better experience for all parties. Read this article to find out how.

Rod LinsleyJuly 8, 2022

The Importance of Contract Reporting

Contract reporting relies on situational awareness and visibility of your portfolio - find out how to get started.

Rod LinsleyDecember 17, 2021

The 10 pieces of information you MUST capture for every contract

Not sure what information to capture for your contracts? We have the answer with this handy checklist of 10 key pieces of data for effective contract management.

Shannon SmithNovember 17, 2020

How to apply a procurement strategy with vendor management software

Manual approaches to procurement strategies are outdated. Find out how vendor management software can help to modernise your approach.

Shannon SmithNovember 13, 2020

Five contract management best practices for your business

Discover five contract management best practices you should apply to your contract management efforts and how these practices have benefited our customers.

Rod LinsleyApril 9, 2020

How Contract Managers Can Identify Their Key Contracts

How can a Contract Manager effectively manage multiple contracts? This article examines the importance of contract stratification and prioritising key contracts.

Ian BryceJune 25, 2019

The benefits of signing contracts electronically

Electronic signatures offer some significant benefits over traditional wet signatures. When you combine them with a full contract lifecycle management platform you unlock even greater value from your...

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