Contract Advantage is a very robust software system, which grows every year. The software capability however, is only part of the solution. We provide services that round out the product offering. Training is absolutely essential for the success of any important enterprise system. To improve implementations, we also provide data import services and implementation consulting services. WE can import thousands of companies, contacts, contracts and documents to make the startup experience more meaningful. We also provide system integration consulting services to integrate Contract Advantage Web with your existing ERP systems.

Training is an important aspect of ensuring a successful implementation. We provide on-site and off-site training services, as well as refresher courses and individual training. During an Enterprise system implementation, we conduct special key administrator training, training for contract administrators and other regular users, and an executive briefing for senior executives. We also encourage a "train the trainer" philosophy for deployments, and to ensure that our clients build up a knowledge base internally to ensure success. The training program is typically a 5-day regimen for the Enterprise products and a 2-day program for the Departmental system.

Great Minds Software offers customization services to clients that need to add specific functionality to Contract Advantage. Whether the changes be large or small, we strive to deliver cost-effective solutions to our client's specific needs. Customizations may be as simple as a new contracts page, or more complicated with special workflows and integrations with other products. Often, we will offer simple report customizations at no cost if they are viewed as being useful for our general client base.

A sampling of the customizations that we have implemented include:

. Cable/Satellite TV distribution contracts
. Clinical Trials Contracts
. Physician Contracts
. Financial tracking of Federal Government Contracts
. Credentialing Module
. Single Sign-on Module

Many clients have existing contract data stored in Excel spreadsheets, Access databases, ERP systems or using other tools. We do offer standard data important tools, which clients can use to import data. If there are more sophisticated needs, we have experience cleaning and converting external data to our database formats. If your organization has existing supplier or customer data in accounting or ERP systems, we can convert that data, and then establish regular update links to those systems.

To maximize the usefulness and widespread applicability of your contract system, we can integrate Contract Advantage with your ERP, accounting and CRM systems. Contract Advantage can import G/L Accounts and Sub Accounts, Customers and Vendors, Invoices and Payments when the integrations are established.

Now, invoices and payments can be linked back to contracts. Users can see contract budgets, invoices and payments to date, percentage completion by payment/invoice, invoice/budget and payment/budget. With full integration to a G/L system, this will enable full analysis by period, G/L Account, and sub accounts. Thus, contract transactions can be tracked by Division, Department, location, Budget, Cost Center/SBU, and other sub accounts. Report based on calendar or fiscal years. Do monthly, quarterly, year-to-date and period comparison reports.

ERP integration provides the best view of contracts and its relationship to the organization.

A large implementation can tax the resources of your organization. You do not do this all of the time - we do! Let us help you implement your contract management systems quickly and efficiently. We offer experienced consultants who have worked with many organizations over the years to implement work flows, image repositories, configuring master lists, custom fields and screens and more. If you have a legacy backlog of contracts, we can assist by imaging the documents, capturing basic data and loading the contracts database. Sometimes, coordinating across different groups within the organization requires the experience of consultants familiar with these issues.

Depending on the size of the project, we might recommend a phased approach or a pilot program to ensure a smooth rollout of the system and services. Speak with us to learn more about how we can make your implementation a stellar success.