Emmes Cuts Drafting Time By Nearly 85% With IntelAgree
For Emmes, keeping up with the demands of a growing business meant facing familiar contract management challenges: scattered document storage, endless email threads, and manual workflows that couldn't keep up.
This process has cut drafting time from up to two weeks to as little as two days when all the information is available. What used to take days of back-and-forth now happens effortlessly in the system — it's made a tremendous difference in how we work.
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, EmmesThe challenge
Scattered storage and manual workflows
Emmes faced scattered document storage across multiple systems, slow manual searches, disjointed email-based workflows, and inconsistent naming conventions. Domestic and global teams used separate storage systems with no unified repository.
The solution
Automated workflows and centralized templates
IntelAgree implemented automated workflows, centralized 65 refined templates, configured smart forms for upfront data capture, established automated naming conventions, and built a single searchable repository with custom dashboards and budget approval workflows.
The results
From weeks to days
Drafting time dropped from up to two weeks to as little as two days, and searchability improved while silos were eliminated. Consistent file organization and streamlined approvals gave the team better workload visibility.
- ✓ 85% reduction in drafting time
- ✓ 65 updated templates reviewed and centralized
"There was such a smooth transition from our contract representative to our implementation representative. There wasn't a hard stop or waiting period — it felt seamless. It was well-organized, and we were ready to dive in and get things moving."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"I've implemented other systems before, and they can be chaotic. But IntelAgree kept everything so organized — it just worked on both sides."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"We took the time to review what we really needed, leaving behind outdated templates we weren't using anymore. That decision-making was challenging but necessary, and IntelAgree's guidance made it manageable. We felt confident moving forward, even during a period of internal transformation."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"The tools were practical and easy to access. Whenever someone had a question, they could find answers autonomously. That support was essential in getting the team comfortable with such a big change."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"We needed an extra layer of budget review before moving contracts forward. Finance can now review, provide feedback, and approve budgets directly in the system. Now, everyone knows the process is reliable, and it fits exactly how we operate."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"We were handling everything through email — drafting, approvals, tracking — it was overwhelming and inefficient."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"Now, every contract we need is in one place, and we can find it in seconds."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"The system is reliable — every file is named and stored exactly where we expect it to be."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes"I can see exactly what requests are in the pipeline, when they came in, and what my team is already handling. It's a relief knowing nothing is slipping through the cracks. I can make informed decisions about who should take on what, and we're delivering faster because of it."
— Dominic Johnson, Associate Vice President of Contracts, Emmes