Never miss a payment term, deliverable, or renewal again
CLMS 360 automatically extracts every obligation from a signed contract and alerts the right owner in Teams and Outlook before a deadline is missed — no spreadsheet required.
Vendor MSA renewal — Nordholm LogisticsDue in 30 days
Q3 milestone payment — SOW #2291On track
SLA response-time reviewOwner notified
Compliance cert renewal — EU addendumDue in 60 days
Why it matters
What a missed obligation actually costs
Most teams don't lose a contract to a bad clause — they lose it to a deadline nobody was watching.
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Auto-renewals that lock you in
A missed 60-day notice window can renew a contract you meant to cancel.
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SLA breaches nobody flagged
Response-time commitments erode quietly until a counterparty escalates.
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Late or missed payments
Milestone-based payment terms slip when they live only in the PDF.
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Compliance gaps at audit time
Certifications lapse silently when tracking depends on memory.
What gets tracked
Every dated or conditional commitment, automatically
Obligations are extracted from the contract record the moment it's signed — no manual entry.
CATEGORY 01
Renewals & terms
The deadlines with the highest cost when missed.
Renewal & termination dates
Escalating alerts before auto-renewal windows close.
Notice periods
Tracked as their own obligation, separate from the renewal date itself.
Price escalation clauses
Flagged before a rate change takes effect.
CATEGORY 02
Payments & deliverables
What's owed, by whom, and when.
Payment terms
Invoicing schedules and milestone-based payments.
Deliverable dates
Milestones owed to or by a counterparty.
SLA commitments
Response-time and performance obligations.
CATEGORY 03
Compliance & custom terms
Whatever your legal team flags as worth watching.
Compliance requirements
Certifications and audits with a due date.
Custom clauses
Any dated commitment legal wants tracked, added without code.
Escalation rules
Unacknowledged alerts route to the owner's manager automatically.
How we compare
Obligation tracking, without a separate tool
General market benchmarks as of 2026, not vendor-confirmed figures.
Capability
CLMS 360
Ironclad
DocuSign CLM
Agiloft
Obligation extraction at signature
Automatic
Manual tagging
Automatic (post-signature)
Manual / configurable
Alert channel
Teams & Outlook, native
Email, in-app
Email, in-app
Email, in-app
Escalation to manager if unacknowledged
Included
Requires workflow setup
Requires workflow setup
Included
SLA & deliverable tracking
Included
Included
Limited
Included
Where alerts show up
No separate app for the owner to check
Obligation alerts route through the tools your team already has open.
👥 Microsoft Teams✉️ Outlook📁 SharePoint📊 Power BI⚙️ Power Automate
Who relies on it
Built for whoever owns the deadline
Every department gets its own alerts — same underlying record, different owner.
Legal
Renewal notice windows and compliance certifications.
Procurement
Vendor SLA and payment-term tracking.
Finance
Milestone payments and renewal cost exposure.
Sales
Customer contract renewal and upsell windows.
Common questions
Obligation management, answered
What is contract obligation management?＋
Contract obligation management is the practice of tracking every commitment inside a signed contract — payment terms, deliverables, renewal dates, and compliance requirements — so none of them are missed. CLMS 360 automates this by extracting obligations from a contract at signature and generating alerts as each one approaches.
How does CLMS 360 track obligations automatically?＋
Obligations are extracted directly from the contract record at execution and assigned an owner. Alerts route through Microsoft Teams and Outlook at 90, 60, and 30 days out.
Can this prevent missed contract renewals?＋
Yes. Renewal dates are tracked with escalating reminders sent to the owner and their manager if unacknowledged — the most common cause of auto-renewal surprises.
Does it work for vendor SLAs, not just renewals?＋
Yes. Any dated or conditional commitment — delivery milestones, SLA response times, payment terms, compliance certifications — can be tracked with its own owner and alert schedule.
Is this a separate add-on?＋
No. It's included natively as part of the core CLMS 360 platform, with no additional integration required.
See obligation tracking on a real contract
A 20-minute walkthrough of how alerts route through Teams and Outlook for your team's contracts.
