Case Study: Boy Scouts of America achieves centralized, paperless purchasing and stronger spend control with PLANERGY

Boy Scouts of America approves POs faster, freeing up time for more valuable and strategic work

The Trapper Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America, a nonprofit headquartered in Ogden, Utah with operations across Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, needed a reliable, transparent, cloud-based way to control spending across eight camps, service centers, field offices and a trading post. Facing widely dispersed locations, a paper-based PO process, and limited purchasing control at remote sites, they selected PLANERGY’s purchasing and accounts payable software.

Implemented in 2011, PLANERGY centralized all purchasing under 50 user licenses with role-based permissions and tiered approval thresholds (self-approval at low limits, two approvers over $6,000, three over $15,000). PLANERGY eliminated paper PO transfers, improved communication and compliance, granted dozens of employees controlled purchasing authority, and the organization processed over 10,000 purchases in six years.

Boy Scouts of America

Brian Hall

Business Manager