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Built in the workshop · Commercial workflow application

Contract Deal Builder and Approval Platform

A structured commercial platform for deal creation, cost visibility, approvals, supporting evidence and management reporting.

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Contract Deal Builder

by Ironworks

Working product

Commercial control

Every deal, cost and approval in one view.

Live

Deal pipeline

Clear

Margin view

Full

Audit history

The challenge

A real business problem ready for a better approach.

Sector

Wholesale, distribution and commercial operations

Commercial deals involved multiple cost types, margin considerations, supporting files and approval stages. Information was spread across spreadsheets and messages, making it difficult to maintain a single reliable view of each deal and its commercial commitments.

The approach

From problem to working solution.

  • Defined commercial rules, approval roles, cost calculations and user permissions.
  • Built a secure application for creating, reviewing, cloning and approving deals.
  • Added version history, attachments, audit records and structured status tracking.
  • Developed management views for budgets, approvals, deal history and return on investment.

The outcomes

Improvement people can see and use.

  • Improved control over pricing decisions and commercial commitments.
  • Made deal costs, funding and margins easier to understand.
  • Reduced reliance on disconnected spreadsheets and email chains.
  • Provided a reliable history of decisions, changes and approvals.

Capabilities demonstrated

Commercial systemsApprovalsData modellingRole-based accessExecutive reporting

What the work reinforced

Lessons worth carrying forward.

  • →Commercial tools need to make complex rules visible without making the user experience complex.
  • →Audit history builds trust when several teams contribute to one financial decision.
  • →Advisory budget controls can improve behaviour without unnecessarily blocking the workflow.

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