Digitally transform contracts along the value chain

Digitally transform contracting along the value chain

DocuSign for manufacturing

CONTACT SALES

Take the first step to agile manufacturing

In manufacturing, there are complex processes along the value chain where legally binding contracts are concluded, internal agreements are made, approvals are issued, and a large number of documents are stored between departments.

With DocuSign you can organize your entire contract management transparently and efficiently - with maximum security and compliance.

Digitally transform contract processing for an efficient supply chain

Uplevel procurement processing

Efficient and cost-effective contract processing is essential for Unilever's global supply chain. With the help of DocuSign, the company has been able to innovatively transform the contract process for business areas that were previously integrated into a contract management workflow.

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“People would search their email inbox looking for the last email with a contract attachment, having to make sure it's the right one... We wanted tools and solutions that would harmonize, simplify and bring efficiencies.”

Wei Ling,

General Counsel for Global Supply Chain, Unilever
“DocuSign has decreased signing time substantially – plus, now documents are traceable, so we have visibility into where everything is in the signing process.”

Eric Stiebel,

Strategic Commodity Manager, Magna Powertrain
“We estimate that SentriLock has already earned a 300 percent return on our DocuSign investment.”

Brent Borel,

Strategic Alliances and business systems developer, Sentrilock
“Like many organizations, we had big challenges and old standards, and were operating with unnecessary risk. We needed to find a way to be on top of litigation or contract disputes. Now, we're uncovering critical insights that greatly speed our response time.”

Mark Eldridge,

Director of Legal Operations at Flowserve

Benefits for manufacturers

Connected operations

Improve visibility and collaboration across your value chain. Shorter processing times and lower error rates increase productivity with suppliers, customers, and the workforce.

Fast time to value

Meet evolving demands with agility. Integrate with tools you already use by seamlessly connecting DocuSign to your existing ERP, CRM, or HCM.

Reduced costs

Manufacture a more sustainable future by reducing overhead spent on manual processes. Cut costs related to paperwork and the time spent to manage it.

Featured solutions

DocuSign eSignature

Send and sign with the world's leading electronic signature solution.

DocuSign Click

Capture consents to standard terms with a single click.

DocuSign CLM

Transform your entire contract cycle with automated document creation, collaboration, workflows and a searchable, cloud-based, central contract repository.

DocuSign Insight

Use AI-powered conceptual search, clause identification and analysis for all of your supplier contracts.

Integrations

With more than 400+ integrations, DocuSign works seamlessly with the systems you already use.

Salesforce

Prepare, collaborate, and sales contracts and other agreements without leaving Salesforce.

Microsoft

Send contracts and approvals for signature right from your Microsoft apps.

Oracle

Connect Oracle to optimize your workflow, including Netsuite to easily collect, track, and store signatures from customers.

SAP

Execute contracts directly out of systems where your teams work, including Ariba and SuccessFactors.

Use cases

Improve the entire value chain and customer lifecycle with DocuSign.

Supplier onboarding

Enhance supply chain resiliency by efficiently onboarding vendors in a multi-source vendor network. Complex supply chains can be efficiently managed with DocuSign so that the entire procurement process runs transparently and in compliance with the law.

Workforce onboarding

Scale a skilled workforce swiftly in a competitive labor market. Modernize your onboarding process to attract the next generation of employees and have them working right away.

Customer service

Reduce the friction of back and forth contracting. DocuSign simplifies and optimizes the conclusion and administration of service contracts and agreements between manufacturers and customers.

Change requests

Delays due to unforeseen changes can be extremely costly. Accelerate the change order process with automation to enhance transparency, reduce processing backlog, and keep launches on schedule.