Case Study: Joliet Junior College achieves 75% cost reduction and faster procurement with ESM Solutions

Joliet Junior College connects people to the resources they need

Joliet Junior College faced costly, slow purchasing processes that required six paper copies per purchase order and took about seven days and roughly $85 to process each order. To modernize procurement across its multi-campus system, the college partnered with ESM Solutions and implemented ESM Purchase, a cloud-based procurement and marketplace platform.

ESM Solutions replaced paper workflows with an online marketplace, PunchOut catalogs and P-card controls, integrated with JJC’s Ellucian Colleague ERP, enabling approvals from mobile devices and even Amazon Business punchouts. The result: purchase orders that once took days are completed in minutes, costs were cut by about 75%, the college now earns $18,000–$35,000 annually in rebates, and staff gain faster reporting and better spend visibility to find further savings.

Joliet Junior College

Roxanne Venegas

Purchasing Manager