Contract Lifecycle and Matter Management
A complete contract lifecycle and matter management solution for legal and procurement teams
What is Consensus?
Consensus is an end-to-end contract and matter management platform built on the Microsoft Cloud, developed for legal, procurement and contracting teams. It provides an automated and integrated workflow across documents, data, contracts and matters.
Consensus leverages existing Microsoft investments and creates a connected, centralised and familiar experience that provides a unified and collaborative approach to digital contracting.
Confidence in Azure Data Security
Manage database, contract and matter information securely by leveraging Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
Built on the Microsoft Cloud
Align legal and procurement needs to reduce silos by using common data and businesses processes that lives in Microsoft 365. Utilise native connections that integrates with the entire procurement journey.
Business enablement
Provides a familiar and easy to use environment for users which results in minimal training cost and high-user adoption. Align legal needs to the organisational digital strategy for ongoing development, scale and flexibility.
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Why invest in
Contract Management?
Companies typically lose between 5% to 40% of deal value or 9% of annual revenue due to inefficient processes.
Why invest in
Matter Management?
Digital disruption has forced legal teams to prioritise automation and data in order to manage increasingly complex demands.
Why invest in
Microsoft Power Platform?
97% of Fortune 500 companies use Power Platform as it provides automated and integrated workflow across data.
Key Features
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Self-service portals Give business users the ability to access self-service portals to request legal assistance, create contracts, check status and more. |
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End-to-End Lifecycle Management End-to-end contract and matter management with actionable emails, reminder notifications and intelligent capability for insights. |
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Advanced search Search experience powered by Microsoft Search that increases productivity and saves time by delivering more relevant search results. |
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Automated workflows and activity tracking Configurable approval workflows, activity management and full audit history and timeline |
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Mobile and Cloud-based Share a common view of contracts, customer and supplier details, and business processes in a central cloud-based and mobile repository. |
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Leverage Microsoft integrations Leverage native Microsoft integrations by connecting data sources such as Dynamics 365, Azure, Teams and more. |
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Dashboards and Reporting Track and report on processes with custom views to provide BI improvement opportunities and reporting compliance. |
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Collaboration and versioning Tightly integrated with SharePoint for internal and external collaboration and in-situ version history. |
Typical Scenarios
Teams that are manually tracking matters and contracts and have difficulties of knowing key dates such as expiry and renewals dates.
Users of Microsoft 365, SharePoint and/or Teams who do not take full advantage of Microsoft’s products.
Organisations with an on-premise environment looking to migrate to a cloud platform.
Teams who are responsible for compliance reporting and non-financial data which need a central, mobile and cloud-based repository of knowledge.
Business Outcomes
Increase speed to contract and overall deal velocity by reducing contract cycle time, automating processes, removing bottlenecks and lessening the dependency on individuals.
Reduce risk and add value by catching renewal dates and other key obligations thereby creating lead time for the business.
Improve productivity through real time collaboration, in-situ version history tracking, powerful search and productive engagements.
Increase transparency and visibility into the contracting process.
Enable insightful and data-driven decisions.
Create a sustainable knowledge source for users to share and retain information.
Barhead provides global enterprise level services
Power Platform tools ‒ Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Power Virtual Agents
Business solutions for standalone apps, or apps that extend existing Microsoft solutions.
Pre-built solutions from Barhead’s research and development team.
Deployment models, best practices and governance
Pricing
Based on an initial set-up fee plus an ongoing licensing and support agreement starting at $50 per user, per month, minimum of twelve (12) months.
*Power Platform app licenses required.
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Offerings and Delivery Models that are Tailored to Specific Demands
Leverage Microsoft Solutions and Realise Value Faster
Advisory Services
Governance – Assessment and advice to establish a tailored governance framework.
Ideation Services – Facilitated ideation workshops to explore and validate solutions.
App Review – Review of existing apps against best practices with supporting findings and recommendations.
App Assessment – Assess new apps or migrating legacy apps onto the Power Platform.
App Roadmap – Define a strategy for building and implementing Power Apps.
Envisaging Engagement – Five-day engagement to modernise business processes by using Power Platform.
End-to-End Solutions – Full project implementation.
Implementation Services
Power Apps and Process Automation Starter – Automate business processes according to Basic, Advanced and Custom Starter with an option to add Power BI.
Proof of Concept – Rapidly develop an application or solution to prove out Power Platform.
Rapid App Development – Rapidly design, build and deploy Power Apps and Power Automate solution in a short period of time.
Support Services
Retainers – On-demand, near real-time advice across a broad set of functions.
Managed Services– A tailored agreement providing production support, applications and solutions.
Enablement Services
App in a Day – One-day hands-on workshop to explore the potential of Power Apps.
App in a Day: Build Power Apps Solutions – Two-day hands-on workshop to build Power Apps Solutions.
Advanced App in a Day – Advanced App in a Day workshop dedicated to intermediate and experienced developers.
Flow in a Day – One-day hands-on workshop to highlight the function of Power Automate.
Dashboard in a Day – One-day hands-on workshop on Power BI to demonstrate data links and report generation.
Power Virtual Agents in a Day – One-day hands-on workshop on building chatbots using Power Virtual Agents.
Admin in a Day – Effectively manage Power Platform to gain better results.
Hackathon – One-day hands-on session to solve real-life business scenarios in a supported environment.
Power Platform in a Week– One-week hands-on program including 3 In a Day workshops, followed by a two-day Hackathon.
Power Platform Basics – Introductory instructor-led course covering the core elements of Microsoft Power Platform.
PL-100T00 Microsoft Power Platform App Maker – Course Duration: 3 Days
PL-200T00-AC Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant – Course Duration: 5 Days
Industry Participation
Partnerships
Barhead is a proud member of the Australian Legal Technology Association and Women of Australian Legal Technology Association.
Community
Barhead participates in legal and tech community events.
oneNDA
Barhead are proud to be early adoptors of the standard oneNDA movement capturing the attention of legal teams worldwide.