Practical articles, how-tos and strategic insights for anyone who works with contracts professionally.
A good contract register in Excel beats no register at all. We show which columns you need, which formula works out the notice deadline, and where Excel stops. Free template included.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
From PDF to signed contract without printing, scanning or chasing. Six steps, with the choices you make along the way and the mistakes you avoid, so the signature holds up afterwards too.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
What is contract management, who is responsible for it, and how do you set it up without creating bureaucracy? A practical guide, from the first register to a mature process, with a plan for your first 90 days.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
Your customers are in your CRM, your debtors in your ERP, and your contracts somewhere else. Here's how to connect contract management to HubSpot, Pipedrive and AFAS, what does and doesn't sync, and what to watch out for.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
Looop, Contractify, GRIP, Crics, Oneflow, Juro, Legisway and MijnContract side by side: who they are for, what they do well, what to watch out for and what they cost.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
For finance, a contract is a future expense that is already locked in. Here's how to get a grip on contractual commitments, avoid budget surprises and give the auditor what they need in one go.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
You can't track the notice period of a contract you don't know exists. With this step-by-step plan you can surface all your contracts in a few weeks, including the subscriptions nobody remembers.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
Which contracts could really hurt your organisation? With five risk types, a simple likelihood-and-impact matrix and four ways to respond, you can map your contract risks in an afternoon.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
At first glance Contractify and Looop look alike. The difference is in the details: how signing is charged, which AI you get in which plan, and what you know about the price up front.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
Almost every supplier contract has performance agreements, and almost nobody measures them. Here's how to set KPIs you can measure, monitor them without spreadsheet hassle, and use deviations at your next negotiation.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
From €50 a month to €15,000 a year: prices for contract management software vary widely. We set out the pricing models, compare what vendors in the Netherlands publish, and show the costs you only run into later.
Joost Koelewijn
October 2, 2026
The context that is not in the contract is usually in the email. From now on you link those emails to the right contract in one click, from the contract itself or from your inbox in Looop.
Joost Koelewijn
September 25, 2026
Attach a basic or extended risk analysis to a contract, with likelihood, impact and an owner. Monitor KPIs and SLAs per agreement, with tasks appearing on the board under the right person's name.
Joost Koelewijn
September 24, 2026
From now on NORA analyses every new contract you add. The counterparty, start and end date and notice period are proposed automatically, and you can generate a summary in the same screen.
Joost Koelewijn
September 23, 2026
SharePoint, Google Drive and your DMS store documents perfectly well. They just do not know what is in them, when something expires, or who is responsible. We set out the difference and when a folder genuinely stops being enough.
Joost Koelewijn
September 22, 2026
CLM software manages the full lifecycle of your contracts: drafting, signing, monitoring and renewing. We explain what it is, which types exist and what to look for when choosing one.
Joost Koelewijn
September 21, 2026
AI is promised everywhere and bounded almost nowhere. We set out what language models are genuinely good at in contract management, where they systematically fail, and which questions reveal the difference during a demo.
Joost Koelewijn
September 19, 2026
Most contracts are managed by people without a legal background: buyers, office managers, controllers. Yet legal tech is usually built for lawyers. We explain what that difference means in practice and what to look for when choosing.
Joost Koelewijn
September 18, 2026
Your CRM is great for customer relationships and the sales pipeline. But it doesn't track notice periods, read your contracts, or trigger tasks at expiry. That's why you need a CLM alongside it.
Joost Koelewijn
September 17, 2026
GRIP is good at what it does, but Looop offers the same strong monitoring, plus the full contract lifecycle and built-in AI, for a fraction of the price.
Joost Koelewijn
September 17, 2026
Legisway is an expensive, broad legal platform where contract management is an afterthought, and where customers often get stuck. Here's why Looop is the smarter choice.
Joost Koelewijn
September 17, 2026
AI that reads a contract and proposes the term, counterparty and notice period removes most of the work in building a contract register. We explain how it works, what it is good at, and where you should not trust it blindly.
Joost Koelewijn
September 16, 2026
An alert that arrives too late is useless; one that arrives too early gets dismissed. We explain which lead times work per contract type, who should receive them, and why you steer on the notice date rather than the end date.
Joost Koelewijn
September 15, 2026
An approval workflow that is too strict gets bypassed; one that is too loose protects nothing. We show how to set thresholds, who to involve when, and how to stop contracts piling up on one person's desk.
Joost Koelewijn
September 11, 2026
Most contract processes are not slow because of negotiation, but because of waiting. We walk through the six stages, show where time leaks away, and what you can automate at each step without losing control.
Joost Koelewijn
September 10, 2026
A business case for contract management software doesn't need to lean on vague research figures. With four items, your own numbers and an honest worked example, you can see within ten minutes whether it adds up.
Joost Koelewijn
May 27, 2026
Which contract management software fits your organisation? The seven criteria that really matter, the questions to ask in a demo, and a scorecard to compare tools fairly.
Joost Koelewijn
May 27, 2026