Case Study: Aspire Schools Trust achieves £2.5M budget clarity and saves 16+ hours a month with PLANERGY

Aspire Schools Trust saves 16+ hours a month and gains £2.5M budget clarity with PLANERGY

Aspire Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust managing £2.5 million in non-staffing costs, faced inefficient procurement processes. Their existing systems were complex and underused, relying on paper and email chains, which left budget holders and finance teams without real-time spending visibility. To gain control and clarity, they turned to PLANERGY for a spend management solution.

PLANERGY was implemented and integrated with Xero for Education, creating standardized, paperless workflows. This eliminated manual tasks, saving over 16 hours of admin time per month, and provided real-time dashboards for full spending visibility. The solution from PLANERGY also enabled supplier consolidation, allowing the trust to negotiate better contracts and confidently manage its budget.

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