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Best Practices for Vendor and Contract Lifecycle Management

Turn Vendor Onboarding into a Profit-Protecting Workflow

Discover how CFOs can turn vendor onboarding from a compliance bottleneck into a growth lever. Learn how automation reduces risk, protects profit, and drives strategic value.

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7 Contract Management Red Flags That CFOs Can No Longer Overlook

Discover 7 contract management red flags CFOs must address and how Gatekeeper’s VCLM platform helps turn risks into strategic advantages.

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75% of CFOs Are Responsible for Data Governance. Contract Control Is the Next Frontier.

Learn how scattered contracts create blind spots and hinder financial control and how VCLM software helps CFOs gain full visibility and strengthen data governance.

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Why CFOs Should Champion Vendor and Contract Visibility

Discover why CFOs are now responsible for unlocking contract visibility—and how doing so strengthens forecasting, reduces financial exposure, and drives strategic growth

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How Procurement Teams Can Shift from Cost to Contribution

Discover how reframing procurement from cost-cutter to value-creator unlocks cross-functional growth, boosts credibility and inspires strategic buy-in.

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8 Contract Management KPIs Legal and Procurement Teams Should Track

Learn how legal and procurement teams can track, measure, and report contract KPIs. Discover 8 key metrics that support better risk, compliance, and CFO insights.

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Contractual Obligations: 5 Principles to Reduce Risk & Unlock Value (+ eBook)

Cut missed obligations and hidden risk. Learn a 5-step framework, see real examples and download a free contract management ebook.

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What Is Contract Management? Process, Templates & Best Practices (2025)

See the 7-stage CLM process, free scorecard template & proven optimisation tips for 2025

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How CFOs Can Eliminate Contract Risk and Unlock Financial Control

Discover how CFOs can reduce contract risk, prevent revenue leakage, and drive financial control with centralised VCLM software.

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How Perspective and Firm Boundaries Keep Procurement Professionals Resilient

Learn Rachel Hassall’s “it’s just soap” mantra and “water & boundaries” rule to avoid over-complication, guard wellbeing and stay career-young in procurement.

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How AI Unlocks the Strategic Power of Supplier Relationship Management

In this episode of Procurement Reimagined, Moundir Khenfous of CAE reveals how AI enables procurement to reclaim Supplier Relationship Management as a strategic advantage.

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Scale Capacity Without Increasing Headcount: Introducing The LuminIQ Digital Workforce

Discover LuminIQ: Gatekeeper’s agentic AI digital workforce that automates vendor and contract management, empowering legal, procurement, and finance teams to scale without hiring.

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Why Marks & Spencer’s £60M Breach Should Put Cyber Risk on Every CFO’s Agenda

The £60M M&S breach proved it: cybersecurity is now a CFO priority. Learn how to prevent financial fallout from contract and vendor risk.

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How CFOs Can Fix the Contract Data Black Hole for Forecasting

Unlock hidden contract data to boost forecasting accuracy. Gatekeeper gives CFOs the visibility they need to plan with confidence.

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Preparing Procurement for the AI-Powered Future

Discover why upskilling is critical for procurement professionals in the age of AI.

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