You can use the Contract Expert functionality to author contract terms and conditions based on the corporate standards and policies. Contract Expert also supports reporting deviations of different types based on the policies prevalent in various contracting organizations.

Observe the following guidelines when using Contract Expert:

• Start with a standard contract template that may contain some standard clauses.

• Use Contract Expert on the business document to bring in additional clauses, based on criteria including items, item categories, payment terms, and other business terms in the document. The system also runs the Policy Deviation rules and reports on policy deviations.

• All of the Contract Expert-recommended clauses are brought into the business document and organized under appropriate sections.

• You can periodically run Contract Expert on the business document to ensure that the document contains all the appropriate clauses based on the latest Contract Expert rules.

For more information about using Contract Expert on business documents, see the online help topics in Oracle Contracts, Oracle Procurement Contracts, and Oracle Sales Contracts.

For general information about Contract Expert, see About Contract Expert.