Practical tips for procurement and finance
School finance teams waste 15-20 hours weekly on manual invoice processing—time that should be spent supporting students. Every late payment, misplaced approval, and budget tracking error costs your district money it can’t afford to lose. When district budgets are stretched, paper-based accounts payable isn’t just inefficient—it’s financially irresponsible. The typical K-12 district processes over 5,000… Continue reading 7 Best Accounts Payable Automation Solutions for K-12 Schools (2025 Comparison)
School finance teams waste 15-20 hours weekly on manual invoice processing—time that should be spent supporting students. Every late payment, misplaced approval, and budget tracking error costs your district money it can’t afford to lose. When district budgets are stretched, paper-based accounts payable isn’t just inefficient—it’s financially irresponsible. The typical K-12 district processes over 5,000… Continue reading 7 Best Accounts Payable Automation Solutions for K-12 Schools (2025 Comparison)
Managing procurement in educational institutions, especially charter schools and school districts, brings specific operational demands: budget accountability for taxpayer funds, strict compliance requirements, and the need to serve educational goals efficiently. For many school business managers, outdated purchasing systems consume valuable time and resources better spent on educational outcomes. The data speaks for itself: School… Continue reading How to Streamline School Procurement Process: A Comprehensive Guide for Education Leaders
ESSER funding expires in September 2024, leaving charter schools with critical budget shortfalls. As student enrollment fluctuates and operational costs rise, your ability to track and control spending has never been more crucial. Charter schools face a unique challenge: balancing purchasing autonomy with strict financial accountability while managing diverse funding streams that each come with… Continue reading The Complete Guide to Charter School Procurement Software: Solving Budget Management Challenges in 2025
AP teams that leverage AP automation can process invoices faster. An efficient AP automation process looks like this: All invoices come to a central inbox and the invoice capture process is streamlined. There is no manual data entry of invoices. Instead, OCR(Optical Character Recognition) technology takes care of data capture and creating the invoice. Invoices… Continue reading 5 Tips For Faster Invoice Processing Using AP Automation
Buyers love the convenience of blanket purchase orders, but finance teams always struggle with managing invoices against blanket PO’s. In this guide, we will provide a step by step process to use blanket purchase orders and show you how they can streamline your purchasing process. You’ll discover how to leverage blanket POs to boost efficiency… Continue reading A Complete Guide To Blanket Purchase Order
Our post answers FAQs about lab procurement processes to help optimize workflows. We also review five popular lab ordering software for readers to compare.
Effective business spend management and strategic sourcing can save you up to 10% on your annual expenses (The Hackett Group study). If you’re a controller or CFO aiming to optimize your company’s budget and control costs, this article is for you. We’ll dive into key strategies for mastering spend management, including: Crafting a foolproof spend… Continue reading Mastering Business Spend Management: Strategies For CFOs To Save Big
Construction companies and subcontractors have specialized requirements when comparing purchase order software — they need a system that: It’s also a bonus if your procurement software doubles as a procure-to-pay system with features to support the accounts payable process. We’ve compiled this guide reviewing 5 of the best purchase order systems for construction. You may… Continue reading Top 5 Purchase Order Software for the Construction Industry
We review three methods to track purchase orders — with purchase order software, spreadsheets, or accounting systems. Compare to find what’s right for you.
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