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(a) Before you mindlessly start summarising, if required take, half a day to just go through the relevant documents. This would help you in getting a generic idea of what the documents are and any critical points. Also, would be helpful in knowing the impact of the transaction on such contract (if would require prior approval of counter party).
(b) once you have gone through the contracts, try to identify the similarities between the contracts. Especially, if they are company templates, you would be able to identify that probably certain commercial terms are different across the drafts. Identifying what are similar and what are dissimilar helps a long way in efficiently (if not quickly) summarising DDs.
(c) Refer back to point (a). Ask yourself why is this agreement necessary and why are you reviewing it. concentrate on the same, rather than entire document. No one reads it anyways.
(d) if it refers to any other document, always ensure, to ask for the copy of the same, unless it stands superseded by the document.
(e) Spend some time in going through other documents. You would realise the documents use standard template. So, if you are required to summarise Force Majeure clause, rather than summarising boiler plate clauses, you could concentrate on out of the ordinary circumstances (let's say, ability to call labour strike or non-availability of material in a manufacturing agreement would be highly unusual, compared to Act of God).