We hit that same wall 18 months ago – 47 suppliers, renewal dates scattered across spreadsheets, and compliance docs buried in email threads – and what finally pulled us out wasn’t an expensive module but a central database with automated alerts. We built a custom dashboard that holds every vendor profile, uploads contracts, and flags renewals 30 days out, cutting review time by 60%. For documents, we use Word-PDF to convert Word to PDF, merge addendums, and keep signatures legible – no installation needed, and files auto-delete after 48 hours, which satisfied our legal team. The real shift came from assigning 1 person to own data entry and weekly checks, because software doesn’t fix messy habits – it just reveals them. Track spending against contracts, set calendar reminders for 60 days before each expiry, and run quarterly compliance audits using the searchable PDF archive. Start with your top 10 suppliers, test one renewal cycle, then scale gradually. It takes 3 months to feel normal again, but it works.