Can the Contract Scrutineer handle third-party paper?

Yes. The agent is designed to ingest contracts on third-party paper (vendor or customer forms). It uses NLP to map the third-party's clauses to your internal concepts and compares them against your Golden Rules.

Does it simply flag risks, or does it fix them?

It actively suggests fixes. The **Contract Scrutineer** generates redlines and alternative clauses based on your playbook's fallback positions, allowing users to accept or reject edits with a single click.

How does it handle international trade terms like Incoterms?

The agent is trained on global trade standards. It validates that the Incoterms used (e.g., FOB, CIF) are consistent with the insurance and transfer-of-risk clauses elsewhere in the document.

Does this replace our legal team?

No, it augments them. By handling the routine review and first-pass redlining, it frees your legal experts to focus on complex negotiations and high-value strategic counsel.

How long does it take to implement?

Implementation focuses on digitizing your 'Golden Rules.' Basic deployment can be achieved in weeks by uploading existing playbooks, with the system learning and refining its accuracy through user feedback loops.

Contract Scrutineer | AI Workers

Contract Scrutineer is an AI worker that autonomously reviews contracts against Golden Rules.

It validates Incoterms 2020 and UCP 600 alignment, suggests redlines, and extracts obligations to ERP-reducing cycle times 40% while preventing 9.2% revenue leakage.

What is Contract Scrutineer?

Golden Rules Guardian. Manual contract review causes 5-20% revenue "leakage" through missed clauses and unfavorable terms. Uses NLP to understand intent and effect of legal language-distinguishing benign force majeure from dangerous supplier exposure. Compares every contract against your pre-defined risk appetite.
Automated Redlining. When Golden Rule says "Payment Terms must not exceed Net 60" and contract buries "Net 90" in appendix, detects deviation, flags it, and drafts redline suggestion. Reduces contract cycle times by approximately 40%.
Trade Finance Alignment. Validates terms against Incoterms 2020 and UCP 600. Ensures commercial agreement, shipping documents, and financial guarantees align perfectly-preventing costly Letter of Credit discrepancies.
Obligation Extraction. Auto-extracts renewal dates, payment milestones, and obligations into ERP/CLM. Prevents "filing cabinet" problem where contract terms are forgotten post-signature.

Replaces:

Line-by-line human review for policy deviations.

Manual playbook cross-referencing against PDFs and Excel checklists.

Subjective risk assessments with standardized data-driven scores.

Manual obligation data entry into ERPs.

Incoterms and payment term verification against finance policies.

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Why Contract Scrutineer?

Accelerate Deal Velocity. Reduces contract cycle times by approximately 40%. Handles "first pass" review and suggests standard redlines for NDAs and sales orders, accelerating close rates.
Prevent Revenue Leakage. Companies lose 9.2% of annual revenue to poor contract management. Enforces inflation adjustments, penalty clauses, and correct pricing before signature.
Ensure 100% Policy Compliance. Screens clauses against GDPR, ESG standards, and internal policies. Prevents "rogue contracting" where sales reps agree to unauthorized terms.
Optimize Legal Resources. JPMorgan's COiN saved 360,000 hours annually on commercial loan agreements. Offloads low-complexity NDAs so lawyers focus on high-stakes negotiations.

How It Works

Workflow Automation

How Contract Scrutineer integrates with your systems

Contract Clause Analyzer

ContractsClause AnalysisLegal Review

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Receives documents via webhook, uses AI to extract key clauses, compares against golden rules, flags non-compliant terms, generates a redline report, and sends it for review.

Ingestion and Parsing. Accepts PDF, Word, or scanned images. OCR/NLP decomposes into clauses: Indemnification, Termination, Payment Terms, Warranty.
Golden Rule Validation. Compares against digital Playbook ("Liability cap must be 1x contract value"). Semantic matching detects intent violations even with different wording.
Risk Assessment and Redlining. Flags violations with severity scores. Proposes specific redline edits. Offers fallback positions based on pre-approved negotiation strategies.
Reporting and Sync. Generates Risk Summary Report. Extracts metadata and pushes to ERP/CLM for immediate operationalization.

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Deploy Contract Scrutineer to reduce cycle times 40%, prevent 9.2% revenue leakage, and save thousands of legal review hours annually.

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Core Capabilities

Automated Redlining

Autonomously suggests text edits and redlines to bring third-party contracts into alignment with internal legal playbooks,.

Golden Rule Enforcement

Validates every clause against pre-defined risk parameters (e.g., payment terms, liability caps) to ensure 100% policy compliance.

Obligation Extraction

Automatically parses finalized contracts to extract deliverables, deadlines, and renewal dates, syncing them to ERP systems,.

Trade Finance Alignment

Verifies that commercial contract terms align with UCP 600 and Letter of Credit requirements to prevent payment discrepancies,.

Who It's For

Corporate Legal Departments

Deploy the agent to automate the review of high-volume, low-risk agreements like NDAs and MSAs, freeing up in-house counsel for strategic work.

Global Procurement Teams

Use the worker to screen thousands of supplier contracts for compliance with ESG standards and standard payment terms, preventing rogue spending.

Export Sales Operations

Implement the agent to rapidly review customer purchase orders against internal sales policies, accelerating the issuance of order acknowledgments.

Value Outcomes

Cycle Time Reduction

40% faster cycles

Slash contract review turnaround. Automated analysis reduces the time required to review and redline contracts by approximately **40%**.

Revenue Leakage Prevention

9.2% revenue saved

Eliminate value erosion. Proper obligation tracking and term enforcement prevent the loss of **9.2%** of annual revenue.

Operational Efficiency

360,000 hours saved

Reduce manual workload. Automation of contract review can save hundreds of thousands of hours annually for large enterprises.

Risk Mitigation

100% policy compliance

Ensure audit-ready compliance. 100% screening of contracts against Golden Rules minimizes exposure to strict liability and regulatory fines.

Strategic Value for Decision Makers

For the CFO

**Margin Protection & Cash Flow.** The Contract Scrutineer stops revenue leakage at the source. By enforcing payment terms and tracking renewal obligations, it prevents the 9.2% of value typically lost in contract mismanagement.

For the COO

**Operational Velocity.** Legal bottlenecks slow down our entire supply chain. This agent accelerates contract throughput by 40%, ensuring that procurement and sales move at the speed of the market, not the speed of the legal department.

For the Owner

**Scalability & Governance.** We can scale our deal volume without hiring an army of lawyers. This AI worker ensures every deal meets our risk standards, protecting the company's future while enabling aggressive growth.

Why Export Arena

Contract Scrutineer is not a standalone tool - it's part of Export Arena's AI & Automation Department as a Service. Pre-trained on global trade nuances, from HS codes to geopolitical risk, it delivers strategic insights tailored to C-suite decision-making. We provide resilience as a service.

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