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Commercial Management

Contract Intelligence

AI that reads, understands, and monitors every contract β€” so your team spends time on decisions, not document hunting.

< 2 min
Contract fully analysed by AI
from upload to risk score
100%
Obligation coverage
every commitment tracked
85%
Reduction in contract review time
AI pre-reads every document
Zero
Missed obligation deadlines
with proactive worklist alerts
Overview

Why this workflow matters

Most CLM tools store contracts as PDFs in a folder. Proconomy's Contract Intelligence layer goes further β€” AI reads every contract, extracts obligations and risk clauses, scores portfolio-wide risk, monitors counterparty financial health, and surfaces actionable insights on a live intelligence dashboard. Legal and procurement teams stop hunting through documents and start making data-driven decisions. Risk is visible before it becomes an incident. Obligations are tracked before they become breaches. Renewals are managed before they become gaps.

Key Capabilities

  • βœ“AI contract import and field extraction from any PDF or Word doc
  • βœ“Clause-level risk flagging with severity and plain-language explanation
  • βœ“Obligation extraction, tracking, and deadline monitoring
  • βœ“Contract Q&A β€” natural language questions answered instantly
  • βœ“Counterparty risk via ABN lookup and Creditsafe integration
  • βœ“Portfolio risk register and heat map
  • βœ“Price escalation engine with effective price monitoring
  • βœ“BI REST API and scheduled report delivery
Process Flow

Step-by-step: how it works

Every step is designed to eliminate manual effort, reduce errors, and give your team real-time visibility at every stage of the process.

πŸ“₯01

AI Contract Import & Extraction

Upload any existing contract PDF or Word document β€” AI reads the full text and extracts all structured data automatically.

⏱ < 2 minutes per contract

What happens

  • Batch import for existing contract portfolios β€” upload multiple PDFs at once
  • AI extracts: parties, contract value, currency, start/end dates, payment terms, governing law
  • Supplier matched to existing supplier records automatically
  • Extracted data presented for human review before saving β€” corrections applied in one click
  • Supports any contract format β€” no template required

Roles involved

Procurement ManagerLegal
πŸ€–AI Action

AI reads the full contract text using document intelligence β€” extracting structured fields with high accuracy across any contract format or language.

⚠️02

Clause Risk Flagging

AI scans every contract for high, medium, and low risk clauses β€” explaining each risk in plain language so reviewers know exactly what to focus on.

⏱ Automated (runs at import and on demand)

What happens

  • Risk categories: liability, indemnity, termination, IP, confidentiality, governing law, payment
  • Severity classification: High / Medium / Low with plain-language explanation
  • Specific clause text highlighted alongside the risk explanation
  • Risk flags visible on the contract detail page and in the portfolio risk register
  • Reviewers can accept, dispute, or add notes to each flag

Roles involved

LegalProcurement Manager
πŸ€–AI Action

AI flags clause-level risks using legal pattern recognition β€” no legal training required to interpret the results.

πŸ“‹03

Obligation Extraction & Tracking

AI identifies every obligation in the contract β€” buyer obligations, supplier obligations, reporting requirements, and milestones β€” and structures them for tracking.

⏱ Automated on import, monitored continuously

What happens

  • Obligations extracted with: description, responsible party, due date, frequency
  • Recurring obligations (monthly reports, quarterly reviews, annual audits) tracked automatically
  • Obligation status: Pending / Due Soon / Overdue / Completed
  • Overdue and due-soon obligations surface on role-based worklists
  • Completion recorded with supporting evidence upload

Roles involved

Procurement ManagerLegalFinance
πŸ€–AI Action

AI extracts both explicit obligations ("Supplier shall deliver...") and implicit obligations from contract language β€” including those buried in schedules and appendices.

🏦04

Counterparty Risk Assessment

Financial health and compliance data for every supplier in the contract portfolio β€” integrated from ABN lookup and Creditsafe credit intelligence.

⏱ Continuous monitoring

What happens

  • ABN/ACN lookup for Australian entities β€” verifies registration and trading status
  • Creditsafe credit score and payment behaviour data integrated into the contract record
  • Credit risk classification: Low / Medium / High / Critical
  • Adverse events (insolvency filings, late payment trends) flagged automatically
  • Counterparty risk visible alongside contract terms for renewal and award decisions

Roles involved

Procurement ManagerFinanceLegal
πŸ€–AI Action

AI correlates counterparty financial risk with contract value and expiry proximity β€” surfacing the highest-risk combinations for immediate attention.

πŸ’¬05

Contract Q&A

Ask any natural language question about a contract and get an instant AI answer with the source clause referenced.

⏱ Seconds per question

What happens

  • Ask questions like: "What are the payment terms?", "When can either party terminate?", "What is the liability cap?"
  • AI answers cite the exact clause and page number
  • No need to read the full contract to answer routine legal questions
  • Available on any contract β€” imported, created in platform, or pushed from Word Add-in
  • Q&A history saved per contract for reference

Roles involved

LegalProcurement ManagerFinance
πŸ€–AI Action

AI reads the contract text in context and answers questions accurately β€” flagging when a question cannot be answered from the available text.

πŸ—ΊοΈ06

Portfolio Risk Intelligence

A live contract intelligence dashboard shows risk distribution across the full portfolio β€” risk register, heat map, and obligation timeline in one view.

⏱ Live dashboard β€” updated in real time

What happens

  • Risk register: every flagged risk across all contracts, filterable by severity, category, and supplier
  • Risk heat map: portfolio-wide view of risk concentration by contract type and supplier tier
  • Obligation timeline: upcoming obligations across all contracts in a single calendar view
  • Contract portfolio metrics: total value at risk, high-risk contract count, expiry pipeline
  • Per-org risk matrix β€” admin-configurable risk scoring weights

Roles involved

CPOLegalProcurement Manager
πŸ€–AI Action

AI continuously re-scores portfolio risk as new contracts are added, obligations are completed, and counterparty data changes.

πŸ“ˆ07

Price Escalation Monitoring

Index-linked price escalation formulas are monitored automatically β€” effective prices recalculated on schedule so buyers always know what they should be paying.

⏱ Monitored on schedule per contract

What happens

  • Escalation formulas defined per contract line: CPI, PPI, commodity index, or custom formula
  • Effective price recalculated on the configured review date automatically
  • Escalation schedules visible on contract detail β€” full history of price changes
  • Call-off purchase orders automatically use the current effective (escalated) price
  • Renewal RFQs show the current effective price as a reference benchmark

Roles involved

Procurement ManagerBuyerFinance
πŸ€–AI Action

AI alerts when a scheduled escalation review is due and summarises the price movement for the buyer's review before confirming.

πŸ“Š08

BI Reporting & API Export

Contract intelligence data flows out to your BI platform via REST API or scheduled reports β€” keeping leadership dashboards always current.

⏱ API: real-time. Reports: scheduled or on demand.

What happens

  • REST API endpoints: /v1/contracts, /v1/obligations, /v1/esg-tags, /v1/kpis
  • Authenticated API keys per organisation β€” connect Power BI, Tableau, or any BI tool
  • Scheduled reports: contract portfolio, obligations, ESG tags, KPI summary β€” delivered by email
  • Run any report on demand in one click
  • Report history stored for audit and governance purposes

Roles involved

CPOFinanceProcurement Manager
Team Roles

Who's involved in this workflow

Proconomy gives every stakeholder the right view, the right tools, and the right level of access β€” so no one is a bottleneck and nothing falls through the cracks.

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CPO / Legal Counsel

  • β†’Review portfolio risk dashboard
  • β†’Act on high-risk contract flags
  • β†’Monitor obligation compliance
  • β†’Use BI API for board reporting
πŸ“Š

Procurement Manager

  • β†’Import and analyse new contracts
  • β†’Track obligation deadlines
  • β†’Monitor price escalation schedules
  • β†’Review counterparty risk before renewal
πŸ“‹

Legal / Contracts Team

  • β†’Review AI clause risk flags
  • β†’Answer contract Q&A queries
  • β†’Verify obligation extraction accuracy
  • β†’Manage risk register
πŸ’Ό

Finance

  • β†’Monitor price escalation effective dates
  • β†’Track financial obligations
  • β†’Use BI API for spend and commitment reporting
Business Impact

What your organisation gains

These are not theoretical benefits β€” they are outcomes that procurement teams experience within the first quarter of deploying this workflow on Proconomy.

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85% reduction
Contract Review Time

AI pre-reads every contract and surfaces the risks, obligations, and key terms β€” legal reviews the exceptions, not every word.

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100% coverage
Obligation Compliance

Every obligation in every contract is extracted, tracked, and surfaced on the right person's worklist before the deadline β€” not after.

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Portfolio-wide
Risk Visibility

Risk register and heat map give CPOs and legal counsel a real-time picture of commercial risk across the entire supplier contract base.

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Always current
Price Accuracy

Escalation formulas recalculate effective prices on schedule β€” buyers never overpay or underpay due to outdated manual price lists.

Applicable industries

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Automotive

LTA price escalation and obligation tracking for multi-year direct material agreements

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Industrial Equipment

Service contract SLA obligation monitoring and penalty clause tracking

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Aerospace & Defense

Regulatory obligation tracking and counterparty financial health monitoring for critical supply

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Building & Construction

Subcontract obligation tracking, retention release milestones, and variation clause risk

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Consumer Electronics

High-volume contract portfolios managed at scale with AI extraction and bulk import

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