Charles Petrie, from Stanford, released a short article entitled "The Problem of Coordination," which highlights 4 categories in which businesses find it difficult to connect:
InteroperabilityAgent
Communication
Semantic Unification
Coordination
Though this article refers to a specific type of business, its principles are just as applicable to any business, especially when collaborating on a contract. Contract collaboration and management is difficult in any business, and the negotiations can go on for weeks, months, or even years. In seeking to manage contract deliberations, organization of personnel, documents, and software can make or break a clean operation.Using Petrie's model, this article explores how the right contract management software is the solution to the problem of coordination.
Joe Miller is specialist in online advertising. For more information on contract management software, please visit NextPage.com.
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