Contract management · Production

Luminance enables contract review and management across Staples, cutting document review time in half

The problem

Staples has a small legal team that needed to empower multiple business units—commercial, HR, and real estate—to independently engage with contract development and document management at scale.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Contract submitted for review
trigger
“engage in contract development and document management”
2
AI Traffic Light Analysis
ai_action
“here are the clauses we don't need to worry about, here are the ones we should take a look at, and here are the ones that are no-go”
3
Focused human review
human_review
“Their document review is cut in half, if not more, and it means we can focus on the important aspects”
4
Contract repository storage
integration
“the contract repository is not just a repository. It allows us to flag key agreements, keep track of key dates, and store things in different categories”
5
Team-segmented access
output
“Different teams can have access to different areas of the program, which has been amazing. Our HR team, for instance, with highly sensitive documents, can have their own area”
Reported outcome

Document review time was cut in half or more, Luminance delivered a 50% time-saving on contract review, and adoption spread across HR, real estate, commercial, and legal teams with business-wide time savings.

Reported metrics
Time-savings on contract review50%
Document review timecut in half, if not more
Business-wide time savingsBusiness-wide time savings across various departments
Key dates, clauses, and events flagged in repositoryKey dates, clauses, and events flagged in the document repository
Reported stack
Luminance
Source
https://www.luminance.com/customers/luminance-adds-value-speeds-up-processes-and-eliminates-risk
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Document review time was cut in half or more, Luminance delivered a 50% time-saving on contract review, and adoption spread across HR, real estate, commercial, and legal teams with business-wide time savings.

What tools did this team use?

Luminance.

What results were reported?

Time-savings on contract review: 50%; Document review time: cut in half, if not more; Business-wide time savings: Business-wide time savings across various departments; Key dates, clauses, and events flagged in repository: Key dates, clauses, and events flagged in the document repository (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this contract management AI workflow structured?

Contract submitted for review → AI Traffic Light Analysis → Focused human review → Contract repository storage → Team-segmented access.

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