Contract management
Built on Zico, an AI-powered contract lifecycle management system. AI reviews risk clauses first, payments map to contracts, and data stays on your premises.
Where contract management breaks down
The problem is rarely the contract itself. It is the process around it.
Scattered contracts
Contracts sit in email, shared drives and personal laptops. Nobody is sure which version is current, and finding one means asking around.
Solution: Contracts archived in one place, with a structured ledger and fast filtered search.
Disconnected approvals
Approvals run in a separate system. People switch back and forth, and no one can see where a request is stuck.
Solution: Approvals embedded in Feishu, WeCom and other workplace platforms, with progress visible at any time.
Manual risk review
Legal reads every clause by hand, which stops scaling once contract volume grows.
Solution: AI flags risk clauses first, pointing to the source text, and legal confirms.
Lost after signing
Payments and invoices are disconnected from contracts, and no one tracks fulfillment.
Solution: Payment schedules linked to contracts, so every payment traces back to its contract.
Paper vs. digital
Checking a stamped paper copy against the electronic version word by word is hard.
Solution: OCR compares stamped paper copies with the electronic version and highlights differences.
Sensitive data
Contracts contain trade secrets and are not suited to the public cloud.
Solution: Deployed on-premises on your servers, with national cryptographic standards and audit logs.
The full lifecycle of a contract
Every step leaves a trail back to the approvers, the signed version and the payment records.
What legal, business, finance and IT no longer have to do
Legal
- Templates lock core clauses
- AI flags risk clauses with their location in the source text
- Tracked changes and version comparison
Business teams
- Draft quickly from templates
- Start and approve in your everyday workplace platform
- Check progress at any time
Finance
- Payment schedules linked to contracts
- Connected to ERP and finance systems
- A clear, searchable contract ledger
Management & IT
- On-premises deployment and tiered permissions
- National cryptographic standards and complete audit logs
- Connects to existing ERP, finance and e-signature systems
Works with your systems, keeps data in-house
Connects to workplace platforms, e-signature, ERP and finance systems, deployed on-premises.
- Feishu · WeComCollaboration
Approval notices go to the workplace platforms people already use, and approvals happen there.
- eSignBao · ZhangguanjiaE-signature
Open integration with mainstream e-signature services. No proprietary e-signature lock-in.
- Open APIERP & finance
Payment schedules sync with ERP and finance systems, matching fulfillment to payments one to one.
- OneAI review
Flags risk clauses and extracts amounts, terms and payment milestones, citing the source text.
- On-premises · dedicated cloudDeployment
Runs on your own servers or a dedicated cloud, so data stays in-house.
- SM2 · SM3 · SM4Security & audit
National cryptographic standards and tiered permissions, with a record of who changed what, and when.
Running in production
Deployed at an internet technology company and a large nationwide service company.
- High contract volumeMany purchase, sales and partnership contracts with long approval chains.
- Workplace platformsEmployees work in Feishu, WeCom or similar platforms every day and want approvals to stay there.
- Data requirementsContract data must stay in-house and meet audit requirements.
From assessment to launch
- AssessmentReview contract types, templates, approval rules and existing systems.
- Deployment & integrationDeploy on-premises and connect workplace platforms, ERP, finance and e-signature.
- ConfigurationSet up templates, approval flows, permissions and the ledger to match your rules.
- Launch & trainingRoll out department by department and train legal, business and finance teams.
- Operate & iterateOngoing operations support and feature updates after launch.
FAQ
- Do employees need to switch to a new system?
- No. Approvals can be embedded in Feishu, WeCom and other workplace platforms, so work happens in tools people already know.
- Where is contract data stored?
- On your own servers or a dedicated cloud. Data does not depend on any third-party public cloud.
- We already use an e-signature service. Can we keep it?
- Yes. Zico integrates with eSignBao, Zhangguanjia and other e-signature services, with no proprietary e-signature lock-in.
- Does the AI edit contracts automatically?
- No. The AI flags risk clauses, extracts key terms and points to the source text. Legal decides whether to make changes.
- Can it connect to our finance systems?
- Yes. An open API connects to ERP and finance systems, and payment schedules are linked to contracts.
- How is pricing set?
- Each project is quoted individually once we understand your requirements.
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