C‐Lutions offers two versions of its industry leading Contract Lifecycle Management solution – CLM Matrix and ContrACT Fast Track. Both solutions are built on the SharePoint Server (SPS 2007) and leverage the great qualities, features and functions of the Microsoft Office platform. However, both solutions extend the capabilities of SharePoint by utilizing powerful additional functionality developed by C‐Lutions. The Matrix SmartInterview request engine, the Matrix SmartContract document assembly engine and the Matrix SmartPolicy workflow rules engine provide exceptional flexibility and solution agility to the SharePoint platform for the Contract Lifecycle Management business area.

CLM Matrix is fully scalable, enterprise class, solution that provides full lifecycle capabilities from automated contract authoring, front and back end system integration, repository and full lifecycle management. CLM Matrix provides full automation right from the initial process of creating a contract. Using the Matrix SmartContract document assembly engine the solution can automatically create, assemble, load to the repository and launch a workflow built on the Matrix SmartPolicy rules engine – a dynamic rules engine designed to your company’s business policies.

ContrACT Fast Track is fully scalable, enterprise class, solution that provides outstanding contract management functionality. It differs from the CLM Matrix solution in that it does not include the Matrix SmartContract document creation capability. This solution is for those organizations that manage contracts that are either authored outside of the ContrACT Fast Track solution or they are mostly managing contracts on third party paper. ContrACT Fast Track does include the Matrix SmartInterview and Matrix SmartPolicy modules.

Matrix SmartInterview: The SmartInterview request engine is a dynamic data collection module used by the Matrix and the ContrACT Fast Track solutions. When used with ContrACT Fast Track it allows for the Meta data profiling of imported contracts and associated documents as they are loaded into the repository. When used with the Matrix solution this functionality is significantly extended – the meta data is used not only to profile the document but is also used by the SmartContract document assembly engine to automatically include the meta data right into the contract document so that key terms are automatically pre‐loaded into the contract draft as part of the document assembly process.

Matrix SmartContract: It is this module that separates the CLM Matrix and the ContrACT Fast Track solutions. Core to the functionality of the CLM Matrix solution is the SmartContract document assembly engine. This powerful feature provides for clause library functionality, clause versioning, automatic contract assembly (based on Meta data captured during the SmartInterview process), automatic storing the assembled contract document into the repository and the launch of the Matrix SmartPolicy workflow process.

Matrix SmartPolicy: The Matrix SmartPolicy rules engine is a powerful, dynamic workflow module that is configured to the way your business processes are designed. Built around non‐programming business rule statements the SmartPolicy module can be rapidly implemented to your business processes. As a dynamic configurable workflow engine the SmartPolicy module is highly flexible and agile – it can rapidly be modified as your business rules change, evolve or become replaced so that your business processes are always using your current business rules. This policy and rules based workflow engine, along with the interview and document assembly functions are the key features that sets CLM Matrix and ContrACT Fast Track ahead of any other CLM solution. These solutions add outstanding functionality and business capability to the SharePoint 2007 environment – your SharePoint environment – and will give your company the Contract Lifecycle Management solution you need today on the technology platform you have already deployed – Microsoft Office.

Contact us for pricing and more details.