Definition
Contract Metadata
Structured fields attached to a contract document - vendor name, value, expiration date, key terms. AI procurement tools can surface insights even when metadata is incomplete by interrogating the unstructured contract text directly.
From the episode “Delightful Procurement: The CFO That Never Sleeps - Alex Yakubovich from Levelpath”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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