Louis Dreyfus Company Accelerates Contract Turnaround and Saves Over $400K Annually with Onit

As a global enterprise operating in over 100 countries, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) faced growing pressure to increase the speed and accuracy of its contract processes. Contracts were frequently drafted with the risk of human error, sent back and forth between Legal and Sales via email, and manually redlined—leading to delays, inefficiencies, and high legal resource costs. Although LDC had an ERP system in place for core business functions, it lacked a streamlined, collaborative contract management solution.

The company needed a modern CLM platform that could:

• Eliminate manual drafting errors and reduce contract cycle time.
• Enable collaboration between Legal and Sales without relying on emails.
• Integrate seamlessly with their existing ERP infrastructure.
• Scale quickly from a pilot use case to enterprise-wide adoption.

LDC selected ContractWorks, an Onit company, to automate and centralize its contract lifecycle management operations. The implementation began with a low-risk NDA automation project and scaled rapidly over six months to cover a broader set of contract types.

Key capabilities included:

• Seamless ERP integration, enabling Sales to draft contracts directly within their existing system.
• Legal-owned templates ensuring document accuracy and compliance.
• Secure, centralized contract repository to eliminate version control issues.
• Rapid implementation—just four days to initial go-live.

By limiting Sales’ access to only the most up-to-date templates, Legal ensured mistake-free contracts without needing to be involved in every transaction, accelerating turnaround while maintaining oversight.