Case Study: Birmingham Metropolitan College cuts IT buying costs with KnowledgeBus

Birmingham Metropolitan College is a further and higher education college with eight campuses distributed within Birmingham, England

Birmingham Metropolitan College, a further and higher education college with eight campuses in Birmingham, England, was investing in IT, including 850 tablets for staff as it rolled out virtual desktop software. To get more for less in a volatile IT market, the college needed a better way to benchmark prices, request quotes, and negotiate with suppliers. KnowledgeBus provided the online IT spend analysis tool used to support this effort.

KnowledgeBus implemented a cloud-based spend analysis and benchmarking solution that compares quoted prices against live trade guide prices and stock levels, sends daily alerts, and automates RFQs. The college says KnowledgeBus cut the cost of buying IT equipment by 40% and saved around an hour per order on benchmarking and admin, while also improving negotiation power and delivering faster, more informed procurement with quick ROI.

Birmingham Metropolitan College

Jamie Smith

Director of Systems and Policy Development