Stop Counterparty Data Sprawl: Centralize & Control Vendor Information Before Contracts Begin – E134

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This episode discusses how to centralize and control vendor information to prevent counterparty data sprawl before contracts are executed.

Welcome back to "What Count," the podcast where information governance meets contract lifecycle management. In this episode, Lee and Maura explore the critical next step after solving your counterparty data chaos: maintaining control of vendor information across multiple systems and teams. Discover how to build a centralized counterparty database that enables operations teams, procurement, and legal to work in parallel—and why enforcing a unique persistent ID is the million-dollar strategy that keeps everything aligned, even before contracts are executed. Building on our previous discussion of counterparty data complications and contract management challenges, this episode reveals the operational playbook for managing your newly consolidated vendor list. Click the link to listen to our last episode. https://trailblazer.us.com/podcast/counterparty-data-reconciliation-case-study/ Episode length: 00:13:09 0:27 – Introducing today's topic: preventing counterparty data proliferation 0:46 – Recap: the contract data and counterparty challenges discussed previously 1:05 – The core problem: multiple data sources across teams 9:10 – Pre-contract data collection workflows 10:14 – The…

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Hosts: Lee Karas, Maura Dunn

Topics covered

• counterparty data management
• vendor information control
• contract lifecycle management
• data centralization
• information governance

Keywords

• counterparty data
• vendor database
• unique persistent ID
• contract management
• data workflows

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TrailBlazer Consulting, LLC

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