Is Your CLM Ready for 2026? Why a Year-End Health Check Could Save You Time, Risk, and Revenue
As 2025 winds down, organizations across industries are reflecting on performance, optimizing budgets, and preparing for the road ahead. But amidst the usual year-end reporting and strategic planning, one critical system often gets overlooked: Your Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution. Contracts sit at the intersection of legal, sales, procurement, and finance—powering the partnerships and revenue […]
The Power of a Connected Agreement System: Why Integration Is the Missing Link in Contracting
Over the last two decades, we’ve seen dramatic shifts in how companies approach contracts. What began as a paper-based, back-office task has evolved into a digital workflow—faster, more compliant, and more auditable. And yet, for all the advances in eSignature and contract lifecycle tools, most organizations still suffer from one critical gap: disconnected systems. To […]
Smarter Finalization: How AI Is Changing the Way We Close Contracts
For most businesses, contract execution marks the finish line. The ink dries, the document is archived, and the deal is done. But what if your most valuable contract data is still buried—and untouched? Finalizing a contract isn’t just about getting it signed. It’s about capturing the right information, ensuring compliance, and syncing critical terms back […]
Contract Intelligence: How AI + CLM Are Empowering Revenue Operations
Contracts don’t just help close deals—they hold the terms, obligations, and revenue triggers that define your customer relationships. But too often, those insights are trapped in static PDFs, buried in folders, and invisible to the teams that need them. What if your contracts could work smarter? Marshfield Consulting and Docusign, are changing how AI-powered CLM […]
What Navigator AI Means for CLM-Driven Enterprises
With the upcoming release of Navigator AI for DocuSign CLM, organizations will soon be able to search, analyze, and act on agreement data with a level of intelligence and speed that simply wasn’t possible before. This launch is more than a product update—it’s a meaningful step forward in DocuSign’s Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM) strategy, and a […]
Transparency Isn’t a Feature—It’s a Public Promise
Modernizing agreement management as a foundation for operational integrity in the public sector. In government, transparency isn’t an add-on—it’s a baseline expectation. Public agencies aren’t just responsible for service delivery. They’re stewards of public trust. And in a time when digital expectations are rising and scrutiny is increasing, maintaining that trust requires more than open […]
Growth Doesn’t Introduce Chaos, It Reveals It
Marshfield Consulting’s CLM Journey from Expert Advice to Internal Application As a Docusign Platinum Partner and enterprise CLM consultancy, Marshfield Consulting has helped hundreds of companies design and implement scalable contract lifecycle management systems. Our founder and CEO, Scott Brooks, has been guiding enterprise clients through this terrain for years — building best practices, structuring […]
Contracts: The Quiet Force Behind Business Performance
In many organizations, agreements are treated as routine: check-the-box documents to secure a deal, place an order, or fulfill a compliance need. Once signed, they’re archived, forgotten until something goes wrong. But this approach misses the full picture. Far from being background paperwork, contracts shape how a company operates, spends, earns, and protects its interests. […]
Audit-Ready Without the Scramble: How Contract Management Systems Support Compliance
For organizations subject to frequent audits—whether internal, external, or regulatory—the ability to respond quickly and completely is no longer optional. Delays in locating contract terms, approvals, or documentation can raise concerns and cause unnecessary exposure. That’s why many companies are shifting toward contract systems that do more than store files; they create a complete, trackable […]
Breaking Down Silos: The Value of Seamless System Integration in Contract Management
How integrating CLM solutions with enterprise platforms like Salesforce, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics drives cross-functional alignment and efficiency. Many organizations struggle with contract management processes that operate in isolation from other business functions. These siloed systems lead to inefficiencies, misaligned data, and compliance risks. When sales, procurement, finance, and legal teams work within separate platforms, […]
