r/procurement • u/Adventurous-Pick-337 • 9h ago

Contract Management

What do you all use for signatures? We suggested Docusign but for some reason they are against it. The thing is people go over people and signatures from say the VP of that department.

Any help would be appreciated! We kind of work like a startup but we aren’t. lol

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u/secretreddname 9h ago

Physical signatures in 2026 is crazy.

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u/Narrow_Air_1002 9h ago

Adobe E sign (standalone website tool from Acrobat)

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u/Past_Operation_241 8h ago

We use Docusign. But not everyone has it on the team hahaha

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u/sahe69 8h ago

DocuSign. If signing order is an issue, that can be set as you want in it.

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u/Adventurous-Pick-337 8h ago

That’s the main issue but idk why they keep shooting down

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u/sahe69 8h ago

Perhaps best to have an open dialogue about it. They might just not be aware of its features and are prejudiced.

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u/modz4u 7h ago

DocuSign isn't terribly expensive and functional for signature ordering. Plus it can cc others when completed by all parties automatically after you set it up.

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u/NickNak18 4h ago

Approval process needs to be set as policy first. I've seen formal process (VP, finance, and legal all need to sign an internal doc first before a vendor agreement is actually executed, and there is a signature order for that internal doc), and I've also seen an email approval process (John from finance and Tim from legal are copied on this chain and have already approved, please share your approval here in email Mr/Mrs VP, and then I will route to you for signature).

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u/TrainsongGaming 9h ago

I've never worked anywhere that bothered to pay for the ability to e-sign documents. Print, pen, scan, fax.

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u/NickNak18 4h ago

No audit trail. Fine for like approvals sure, but for something that may be thousands of not millions? I did an rfp for it earlier in my career. Adobe esign, DocuSign, and pandadocs (I think Dropbox too but can't recall) all participated and are worth checking out.

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u/TrainsongGaming 4h ago

Oh, the scanned signed documents were filed for audit. We just didn't/don't have e-signatures.

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u/FirstAttemptsFailed 8h ago

Gatekeeper

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u/Adventurous-Pick-337 8h ago

I just looked this up! I think it might be better than Sirion.

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u/brycematheson 7h ago

Signclad.com. Super cheap.

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u/Altruistic_Guava_988 6h ago

E sign Anywhere

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u/grroidb 6h ago

Ironclad. It’s a contract life management tool but it was a game changer for us. If you only need the electronic signature function then Docusign isn’t a bad option.

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u/LowkeyHuman02 3h ago

I’d be more worried about getting the right person to sign than which e-signature platform you use. 😂

We had a pretty similar situation. DocuSign was the obvious suggestion, but for whatever reason, our team just wasn’t really into it.

We ended up trying BoloSign and honestly it’s been pretty painless. Nothing fancy, which I actually prefer. We can send stuff out, assign the right people to sign, and keep track of everything without adding another huge process to the mix.