“ Where we were purchasing office supplies from four or five suppliers ; now we ’ re able to use one supplier and push that down to campus level ”

– Charles Leslie , Vice President of Procurement

“ Simply put , procurement has an effect on our bottom line ,” supports Reed . “ This allows us to provide more dollars to invest in the student experience - through lower tuition , through better technology , and through refreshed curriculum .

Supplier relations With ambitions to strengthen its relationships with suppliers , ECA has utilized market intelligence and undertook a spend diagnostic and cost cube analysis . This has enabled its procurement team to identify not

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