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Ernst & Young (EY) has unveiled EY OpsChain Contract Manager (OCM), an Ethereum-based solution aimed at automating contract management and preventing non-compliant transactions and errors. Running on the Ethereum public blockchain, EY OCM facilitates the execution of complex and multi-party business...
Ernst & Young (EY) has unveiled EY OpsChain Contract Manager (OCM), an Ethereum-based solution aimed at automating contract management and preventing non-compliant transactions and errors. Running on the Ethereum public blockchain, EY OCM facilitates the execution of complex and multi-party business agreements, supporting various contract types and utilizing zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to maintain the confidentiality of critical information. According to Paul Brody, EY Global Blockchain Leader, contract automation can significantly enhance accuracy, reduce cycle times by over 90%, and cut overall contract administration costs by nearly 40%. EY launched the contract manager during the 2024 EY Global Blockchain Summit in London.
Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) has launched an Ethereum (ETH)-based solution to automate contract management and prevent non-compliant transactions and errors. In a statement, the firm says the EY OpsChain Contract Manager (OCM) runs on the Ethereum public blockchain to facilitate the execution of complex and multi-party business agreements.
The contract manager supports most business contract types, including volume purchase agreements, standardized rate cards, volume discounts, rebates, and price models that are dependent on market data feeds. “EY OCM helps address the enterprise challenge of managing business agreements that run across internal and external operational and technology siloes. EY OCM synchronizes data across business partners and uniformly enforces key business terms such as standardized pricing, volume discounts, rebates, and strike prices.”
Ernst & Young says EY OCM uses zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to ensure that critical information, such as contract terms and transaction details, remains confidential. ZKPs are protocols that verify the validity of transactions without disclosing the underlying information. Says Paul Brody, EY Global Blockchain Leader, “We’ve identified from past client work that contract automation can improve accuracy while cutting cycle times by more than 90%, and overall contract administration costs by nearly 40%. With our zero-knowledge privacy technology, we have industrialized this capability, and we can now get these benefits at a fraction of the up-front cost.” The firm launched the contract manager during the 2024 EY Global Blockchain Summit in London last week.
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