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    Centralized
    Contract Management

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    Challenge & Approach

    Every large organization manages hundreds to thousands of contracts - supplier agreements, service contracts, framework agreements, SLAs. In practice, this means Excel spreadsheets scattered across departments. No central overview of volumes, termination dates, payment obligations, or responsible contacts. Invoice data transferred manually to ERP systems. When a contract owner leaves, institutional knowledge leaves with them.

    At scale, this is not an inconvenience - it is an operational liability. Missed deadlines, incorrect billing, compliance exposure, and no way to determine the current state of any contract without opening multiple documents.

    Build a centralized system that serves as a single source of truth for every contract across the organization. Delivered by MNB Solutions with engineering discipline - complex business logic, SAP integration, and permission-controlled access on a governed architecture.

    • Single source of truth for all contracts across all departments
    • Permission-controlled access - contract owners control visibility and editing
    • Automated value calculations, termination date tracking, and forecasting
    • Contract lifecycle management from active through archiving
    • SAP integration - contract data flows directly into invoice creation
    • Comprehensive reporting across payments, orders, technical support
    • Order management with yearly values linked to contracts
    • End-to-end ownership by MNB Solutions

    Client Context

    A large German utility group managed thousands of contracts across 20+ departments using spreadsheets, shared drives, and manual processes. No central system, no automated calculations, no permission control. Invoice data transferred to SAP by hand. The organization needed a production-grade application - not a lightweight tool - with complex business logic and role-based access across 20 departments.

    What MNB Solutions Built

    SharePoint-based contract management application with complex business logic. Manages contracted volumes, generates forecasts, tracks updates, automatically calculates earliest termination dates, links contract versions, imports order numbers with yearly values, and provides contract data directly for SAP invoice creation. Full archiving with complete history. Permission-controlled access per contract owner. Built and operated by MNB Solutions with end-to-end ownership and 4-Gate QA quality process.

    Results

    1,500+
    active contracts
    (with 2,000+ linked orders)
    10,000+
    archived contracts
    (with full history preserved)
    20
    departments served
    (~80 active users)
    Excel-based tracking
    fully replaced
    (single source of truth)
    SAP integration
    eliminated manual data transfer
    (streamlined billing)
    Still in production
    continuously developed
    (operated by MNB Solutions)

    The most underestimated risk in manual contract management is not missed deadlines - it is invisible dependencies. When a contract owner leaves, when a linked order changes, when a termination date passes unnoticed in someone's personal spreadsheet - the consequences surface months later as billing errors, legal exposure, or unfavorable renewals. Centralizing contracts is not an efficiency project. It is risk reduction with measurable operational impact.

    In production. Continuously developed. Operated by MNB Solutions with full end-to-end ownership.

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    What This Enables Next

    A centralized contract management architecture applies wherever complex contract portfolios are tracked manually:

    • Vendor and supplier contract management across regulated industries
    • Regulatory and compliance agreements with defined review cycles and audit documentation
    • Licensing and IP management with automated renewal alerts and cost calculations
    • Framework agreements and SLAs with multi-layered financial reporting
    • ERP integration pattern applicable to any organization running SAP or similar systems

    One system, one data model, one source of truth — regardless of department or contract type.

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