Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures move fast—but contract management often lags behind. Without a centralized contract repository, automated workflows, and seamless integration, companies face compliance risks, revenue leakage, and operational bottlenecks.
When a Fortune 500 telecommunications company divested its Media Business Unit, it needed a fully operational CLM system before the legal separation. IT PODS led the transformation—migrating 5,000+ contracts, defining new business rules, and integrating Icertis CLM into their enterprise stack.
3 Key Lessons from a Large-Scale CLM Implementation
1) Contract Management is More Than Just Software—It’s a Change Management Process
Simply installing a CLM tool isn’t enough. Successful implementation requires stakeholder buy-in, business rule creation, and process alignment across legal, finance, procurement, and sales. In this project, IT PODS facilitated cross-functional workshops to define contract playbooks, approval workflows, and compliance guardrails.
2) Legacy Contract Migration is a High-Stakes Process
For enterprises, contracts aren’t just files—they are business obligations and revenue drivers. IT PODS structured 5,000+ agreements into a secure, searchable repository, extracting over 30 key contract attributes for better reporting and compliance tracking.
3) Training & User Adoption Are Make-or-Break Factors
A powerful CLM system is useless if teams don’t use it effectively. We implemented customized training programs, hands-on workshops, and “office hours” to ensure legal, finance, and sales teams fully adopted the new system. Result? 100% stakeholder alignment.The IT PODS Approach to CLM Transformation
Enterprise-Grade Contract Migration & Structuring Tailored CLM Workflows & Business Rule Development Seamless Software Integration & Automation User Training & Change Management for Full Adoption
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IT PODS specializes in high-stakes contract lifecycle management implementations that drive efficiency, compliance, and scalability.
Ericsson,a multinational telecommunications innovator, engaged itPODS to support the Ericsson team in Switzerland at one of their top cloud customers, Swisscom. itPODS' background with Ericsson's NFVi as well as experience with cloud and platform automation enabled the team to provide industry-leading solutions to Swisscom, which catapulted their productivity. The platform automation has significantly reduced the effort required to launch new systems while at the same time reducing costs and improving platform performance.