Case Study: Columbia College of Missouri achieves automated procurement and cost savings with ESM Solutions

Columbia College of Missouri deploys ESM spend management solution

Columbia College, a private liberal arts and sciences institution serving more than 20,000 students across 35+ locations and online, needed to automate and centralize procurement to save time, control spend, and integrate with its existing systems. To address those challenges, Columbia College implemented ESM Solutions' spend management product, ESM Purchase, leveraging Colleague integration and single sign-on to simplify workflows across the organization.

ESM Solutions delivered a tailored ESM Purchase deployment featuring an intuitive e-commerce portal with preferred vendors and approved contracts, Colleague integration, and SSO; the college also adopted creative workflows for travel requests. The solution drove more spend through the system, increased P-card use and rebate capture, provided complete spend visibility to boost negotiating power and uncover savings, and helped Columbia College save time and money through automated procurement.

Columbia College

Brent Welch

Purchasing Director