Value leaks after signature
Weak contract management erodes on average 8.6% of contract value (WorldCC and Deloitte). Missed renewals, unclaimed discounts and penalties nobody noticed.
Roles · Procurement
Know what every supplier promised. And whether they deliver.
Procurement signs the contracts the rest of the business depends on. Paragraf runs supplier contracts from request to signature to renewal, with risk, security and obligations in the same flow, so the value you negotiated doesn't leak after signature.
Supplier contractsRenewalsSupplier riskNIS2DORA
Supplier · Nordlogistik AB
- Contract value€380,000 a year
- Renewal noticeIn 60 days
- Price reviewOwner set
- Risk assessmentApproved
The pressure
Negotiated once. Leaking ever after.
Silos slow everything down
57% of procurement leaders name siloed working as the biggest barrier to delivering value (Deloitte Global CPO Survey, 2025).
Supplier risk is now regulated
NIS2 and DORA require security in the supply chain, written into the contracts. 39% of CPOs see automated supplier risk management as a critical investment (ProcureCon, 2026).
How it works
Example: a business unit needs a new supplier.
Step 1 of 4
One front door for every purchase.
The business fills in a short form. Category, value and data access decide who needs to approve, automatically.
Request · Logistics services
- Estimated value€380,000 a year
- Personal dataYes
- Routed toProcurement, IT security
Step 2 of 4
Risk is checked before signing.
The supplier answers a security and risk questionnaire that matches the category. Deviations become actions with owners.
Supplier assessment
- QuestionnaireAnswered
- Deviations1, action set
- Approved byIT security
Step 3 of 4
The right clauses, from the start.
The contract is drafted from an approved template with your required clauses. Legal only sees deviations. Signed electronically.
Contract
- TemplateServices · standard
- DeviationsNone
- Signed2 of 2 parties
Step 4 of 4
Renewals are decisions, not surprises.
Notice periods, price reviews and performance follow-ups become tasks for the owner, long before they are due.
Renewal
- Notice period90 days
- Reminder120 days before
- OwnerCategory manager
Works with or without Luis. Your team can run every step by hand. Luis summarises supplier answers, flags missing clauses and prepares the renewal decision, with the source for each point.
Check yourself
Five questions. Two minutes.
Answer honestly. You get one recommended place to start. Nothing is saved or sent.
Where most teams like yours start
Run supplier contracts end to end
Most procurement teams start with one category: from request to signature to renewal, in one flow.
Before you decide
Make it a safe decision.
- Start with one categoryFor example IT services, with acceptance criteria agreed up front.
- Works alongside your ERPParagraf owns the contract. Your purchasing system keeps the orders.
- We import what you haveExisting contracts, suppliers and dates come with you.
- Hosted in the EUOr on your own servers, with local AI.
We already have a purchasing system.
Keep it. It handles orders and invoices. Paragraf handles what those systems rarely follow up: the contract, its obligations, its risk and its renewal.
Our supplier data is messy.
That is where most teams start. Required fields and one owner per contract keep it clean from now on, and imported contracts are checked as they come in.
Legal is the bottleneck, not us.
Then take routine contracts off their desk. Approved templates and a playbook mean Legal only sees what deviates.
Where is our data, and which certifications do you hold?
Data is hosted in the EU, or on your own servers. ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 are in progress, and we tell you exactly where we are. See the Trust center.
For the buying group
What you can tell the others.
You rarely decide alone. One foundation means each colleague gets their own part, and everyone sees the same truth.
- To LegalRoutine contracts from approved templates. Legal sees only deviations.
- To the CISOSecurity requirements are in the supplier contract from the start.
- To the CFOFewer missed renewals and penalties: value kept, not leaked.
- To ComplianceNIS2 and DORA supplier duties with evidence attached.
- To the businessOne form instead of email threads, and an answer on who approves.
Send a short summary to a colleague.
Go deeper
- Run supplier contracts end to endFrom request to signature to renewal→
- Supplier contracts under NIS2 and DORAFind the gaps in what you have signed→
- Follow up what you've signedEvery obligation owned, dated and proven→
Next step
Keep the value you negotiated.
Book a walkthrough with one of your own supplier categories. We show you the flow from request to renewal, on your material, before you decide anything.