By this point, you’ve heard all about artificial intelligence. In more ways than one, it’s inescapable. Not only is it supposedly going to usher in a “new era” in procurement and beyond, but coverage and discussion of it is everywhere. A few times over the course of our lives, we will be around for something […]
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Stopping wasteful higher education spending sounds easy enough when controls are in place. The internal controls, such as policies addressing spend limits or prohibiting personal purchases, have a significant impact on the purchasing behavior of employees. But what if these controls are outdated, perhaps unverified, or worse, unknown? The outcome could leave the institution vulnerable
Five Best Practices to Stop Wasteful Spending with Better Data Visibility Read More »
When discussing ways to improve your organization’s internal spend controls, it is helpful to take a holistic look at your spend program as a whole to identify areas for improvement. Often, we find that organizations can make significant progress just by getting a better hold of their spend data. The data is there, it’s just
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We’re excited to be returning to the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP)’s Annual Conference in 2026. It’s been three years since NAEP rebranded the conference as NAEP EPIC. EPIC stands for Educational Procurement Innovation Conference. It’s a fitting name for the scale of useful, educational information that will be available. This year, the conference
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Just because a purchase looks legit from the outside doesn’t mean it is.
Don’t Let Personal Purchases Make You an April Fool Read More »
In the world of purchasing and procurement, especially as it pertains to corporate credit cards such as P-Cards and travel cards, we have a tendency to focus on the negative. Fraud. Misuse. Abuse. Maverick spend. Split transactions. Wasteful spending. It makes sense to spend a lot of time thinking about problems that could be plaguing
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