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 For many school business managers, outdated purchasing systems consume valuable time and resources better spent on educational outcomes.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
In today’s competitive business environment, SMEs grapple with efficient purchasing processes. CFOs, controllers, and accounting managers often resort to manual methods, leading to visibility issues, cash flow complexities, and error-prone invoice matching. Recognizing these challenges underscores the importance of automating purchasing. Automation streamlines the process, ensuring accurate tracking and accounting, reducing manual burdens, and providing… Continue reading Why Mid-Market Companies Should Automate Purchasing Process
Controllers and Financial Officers: do you understand your company’s inventory and how it’s distributed? If not- you’re not alone. Managing everyday inventory can be tricky, creating issues like stockouts or excess supplies. The fix? Adopt an integrated purchase order and inventory process. This article will explain how this approach improves inventory visibility, simplifies ordering, and… Continue reading A Guide to Integrated Purchase Order and Inventory Software
Scaling your procurement function is more than just a necessity. It’s an opportunity for CFOs and controllers like you to redefine your organization’s financial efficiency and competitiveness. As the heartbeat of financial operations, the procurement department plays a pivotal role in shaping your organization’s success. This blog post is designed to help you prepare to… Continue reading How To Scale Procurement Department [A Complete Guide]
Launching a startup often means juggling big business goals while dealing with your financial constraints. If you’re trying to keep your company objectives in check and handle finances wisely, you might consider having a strong purchase order process. As your business grows, managing expenses and vendor relationships gets trickier. That’s where a good PO process… Continue reading Purchase Order Process For Your Startup [Complete Guide]
Most businesses we talk to take a reactive approach to expense control: they review monthly costs and report on expenses — what’s being spent, who’s spending what — and plan a course of action to troubleshoot overspending or increase savings. But a reactive approach doesn’t allow you to actually control costs — you see spending… Continue reading How to Control Employee Expenses Across Your Organization
Achieving optimal savings can be quite challenging in procurement. For procurement teams, one key piece to making this challenge easier is talking to the right people—aka stakeholder engagement. With the right communication and collaboration strategies, leveling up your stakeholder engagement game becomes effortless. That’s why, in this blog, we’ll cover strategies you can use to… Continue reading 10 Proven Techniques To Increase Procurement Stakeholder Engagement
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