Contract management · Production

Luminance's Legal-Grade AI reduces Trench Group's contract review time from 150 to 30 minutes

The problem

Trench Group faced a vast volume of contracts requiring lengthy manual review, with an estimated average review time of 150 minutes per contract, creating a bottleneck that delayed business decision-making.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Contract submitted for review
trigger
“Faced with a vast volume of contracts in need of review, Trench Group decided to automate this lengthy but highly standardized process”
2
Luminance first-pass AI review
ai_action
“Luminance is able to do the first-pass review, highlighting areas of risk or deviations from organizational standards and suggesting acceptable alternatives which can be inserted with a single click”
3
Route by contract risk level
routing
“Sales and Operations can handle day-to-day contracts without waiting on the legal department, with Legal only receiving the escalations for more high-risk or nuanced agreements that require their expertise”
4
Reviewer focuses on flagged areas
human_review
“empowers users to complete reviews far more quickly, able to ignore points already addressed by Luminance to focus on the highlighted areas which are flagged as risky or non-standard”
5
Contracts stored in central repository
output
“All contracts processed through Luminance are now housed in a centralized, searchable repository”
6
Instant metadata extraction and Q&A
ai_action
“metadata can be extracted instantly to understand obligations, renewals, or risks. This single, organized source of truth gives the business full visibility and confidence in their data. Business leaders can ask a question and receive an…”
Reported outcome

Contract review time fell to less than one third of the previous duration—from 150 minutes to about 30 minutes—the wider business now handles 80% of contracts autonomously, and a tariff review project completed in under 2 hours that would have taken 2.5 weeks manually, freeing the legal team to focus on strategic work.

Reported metrics
Average contract review time150 minutes to about 30 minutes
Contract review time reduction ratioless than one third of what it was before
Contracts handled by wider business80%
Tariff review project duration<2 hours vs. 2.5 weeks without Luminance
Reported stack
Luminance
Source
https://www.luminance.com/customers/how-luminances-legal-grade-ai-is-transforming-trench-groups-contract-activity
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Contract review time fell to less than one third of the previous duration—from 150 minutes to about 30 minutes—the wider business now handles 80% of contracts autonomously, and a tariff review project completed in und…

What tools did this team use?

Luminance.

What results were reported?

Average contract review time: 150 minutes to about 30 minutes; Contract review time reduction ratio: less than one third of what it was before; Contracts handled by wider business: 80%; Tariff review project duration: <2 hours vs. 2.5 weeks without Luminance (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this contract management AI workflow structured?

Contract submitted for review → Luminance first-pass AI review → Route by contract risk level → Reviewer focuses on flagged areas → Contracts stored in central repository → Instant metadata extraction and Q&A.

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