Matter Management & Contract Management Systems in Australia
Matter Management Systems and Software Australia: Definition of Matter Management & Matter Management Software Legal matter management or matter management refers to activities involved in managing all aspects of the corporate legal practice ("matters"). Matter management is distinguished from case management, in that case management is generally considered to refer to law firm related activities ("cases"). Matter management software systems serve a variety of functions including conflict and ethics control, accurate matter opening, day-to-day matter work, business reporting, timekeeping, dispute resolution and contract management. This includes the tracking of such items as the legal counsel and other workers on the case, type of legal work, industry of the matter or entities, evidence, issues, documents, budgets and invoices associated with each particular legal matter. A major component of most in-house legal counsel matter management systems is Contract Management. [...]		Matter Management Systems and Software Australia: Uses of Matter Management Software & Definition of Legal Project Management Corporations can use matter management software and systems to manage both their in-house counsel staff as well as their outside counsel law firms and non-law firm legal service providers who work on legal matters on the corporation's behalf. Law firms might use matter management to organize information about documents and email, time worked or billed, people inside and outside the firm associated with case, deadlines and expenses, and much more. Matter management systems can provide excellent communication and collaboration platforms to organize and distribute information.  Legal project management is a form of matter management that leverages the standards and practices of professional project management to more effectively manage legal matters or specific phases of a legal matter, A Matter Management System should allow for the creation of Matter Types with Tasks and process guidelines associated thereby allowing for increased process efficiency [...]
Contract Management Systems and Software Australia: Definition of a Contract A contract is a written or oral legally-binding agreement between the parties identified in the agreement to fulfill the terms and conditions outlined in the agreement. A prerequisite requirement for the enforcement of a contract, amongst other things, is the condition that the parties to the contract accept the terms of the claimed contract. Historically, this was most commonly achieved through signature or performance, but in many jurisdictions - especially with the advance of electronic commerce - the forms of acceptance have expanded to include various forms of electronic signature. Contracts can be of many types, e.g. sales contracts (including leases), purchasing contracts, partnership agreements, trade agreements, and intellectual property agreements. A sales contract is a contract between a company (the seller) and a customer where the company agrees to sell products and/or services and the customer in return is obligated to pay for the product/services bought. A purchasing contract is a contract between a company (the buyer) and a supplier who is promising to sell products and/or services within agreed terms and conditions. The company (buyer) in return is obligated to acknowledge the goods / or service and pay for liability created. A partnership agreement may be a contract which formally establishes the terms of a partnership between two legal entities such that they regard each other as 'partners' in a commercial arrangement. However, such expressions may also be merely a means to reflect the desire of the contracting parties to act 'as if' both are in a partnership with common goals. Therefore, it might not be the common law arrangement of a partnership which by definition creates fiduciary duties and which also has 'joint and several' liabilities. Contract Management Software and Systems Australia recommends using a Contract Management System to manage your Contracts and Agreements such as nView Contract Cloud. Nview makes it easy to get a Contract management system started in Australia, [...]		Defining Contract Management and Contract Administration: a Contract Manager Perspective Contract management or contract administration in Australia like in other jurisdictions is the management of contracts made with customers, vendors, partners, or employees. The personnel involved in contract administration are required to negotiate, support and manage effective contracts. Contract management includes negotiating the terms and conditions in contracts and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions, as well as documenting and agreeing on any changes or amendments that may arise during its implementation or execution. It can be summarized as the process of systematically and efficiently managing contract creation, execution, and analysis for the purpose of maximizing financial and operational performance and minimizing risk....... Commonly managed commercial contracts may include employment letters, sales, purchases and utility contracts. More complex contracts are often necessary for construction projects, goods or services that are highly regulated, goods or services with detailed technical specifications, intellectual property (IP) agreements, and international trade. An Aberdeen study has found that for "42% of enterprises...the top driver for improvements in the management of contracts is the pressure to better assess and mitigate risks" and additionally "nearly 65% of enterprises report that contract lifecycle management (CLM) and use of a Contract Management System (CMS) has improved performance by reducing exposure to financial and legal risk." ....... Contract Management Systems in Australia can be expensive to purchase and establish but this does not need to be the case. Contract Management Software and Systems like nView are available immediately in the Cloud and provide a high level of Trust and security for your contracts. Legal, Procurement, Sales, Business Development, Professionals and Executives are starting to see and agree that there are many advantages to using a Contract Management System in Australia [...]
Contract Management Systems Australia: A Legal Contract Management Perspective Contract Management Australia suggests that your legal department is frustrated because they spend a lot of time and effort on negotiating favourable terms and conditions for your organisation, but there is a disconnect between signing the contract and ongoing management of these terms and conditions. The commercial side of the business is not managing the agreed terms effectively or holding suppliers to negotiated rates. The whole contract lifecycle needs to be managed better [...]	Contract Management Systems Australia: Defining Contract Management Software Contract Management Australia defines Contracts Software; A software application with which to manage contracts. It is a tool used by contract managers to assist them in the day to day administration tasks in Contract Management. Having Contract Management Software to deal with the more mundane tasks allows them to focus on the real business and purpose of contract management, which is people and relationships. Software for contract management [...]		Contract Management Systems Australia: Project & Contract Management in Australia Project planning, including business cases, and risk management stages require detailed business processes. In Australia as with the rest of the world, you need a contract lifecycle management system that can automate these processes for you, providing corporate wide consistency of organisational best practice, accountability and auditability of your contract management and contract administration [...]
Contract Management Systems Australia: Procurement Contract and Project  Management in Australia Procurement Project planning and implementation, including templates for tenders, RFX, RFP, evaluations, award, and contract drafting and execution require following business processes and using standardised corporate templates. In Australia as with the rest of the world, you need a contract management system that can automate these processes for you, providing consistency of organisational best practice, accountability and auditability of your contract management and contract administration [...]	Contract Management Systems Australia: Contract Management in Australia, a Local Perspective Many Australians Legal, Procurement, Sales, Corporate Professionals and Executives seem to be now be asking about contract management and with good reason. After all, we spend so much time, effort and money negotiating agreements, the least we should do is manage contracts better. If you look at many contract lifecycle management systems and software a lot of them claim to be able to deliver on ROI but their cost of implementation is just too high. To get real ROI the nview contract management system is the only one that provided the functionality that we needed with easy and cost effective delivery for real ROI in our complex business. More to come [...]		Contract Management Systems Australia: Legal Matter and Contract Management in Australia When you look at many contract management systems and software a lot of them claim to be able to deliver Legal Matter Management and Contract Management but they are often too complex or not bale to be configured the way the Corporate Legal Counsel wants. To simplify implementation and get real ROI the nview matter management and contract management system is the only one that provided the configuration options for functionality that we needed with easy and cost effective delivery for real ROI in our complex business. Read more soon [...]
Matter Management & Contract Management Systems in Australia