Think about a typical business day. Just how many minutes do executives have to fight fires? Especially fires that erupt because some contract somewhere was not drafted, managed, or followed correctly? Even if you have a solid in-house legal team or an army of counselors, would you be able to afford the business ‘downtime’ these meetings and fix-it-days would cause? Yet, so many managers spill uncounted hours digging agreements, chasing contract calendars, or making sense of these paper monsters? In today’s world, so much work with a company’s suppliers, vendors, trade partners, supply chains, and services hinges a lot on the strength and infallibility of these contracts.