by Brianna Crandall — March 7, 2016—Grainger, a supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products around the world, and education operations asset management solutions provider SchoolDude recently announced the integrated Click2Buy solution, a new and efficient way to help educational institutions better manage workflow when purchasing products used to maintain, repair and operate their facilities.
The Click2Buy MRO solution is cloud-based and helps customers in the education industry automate the purchase process, from request to procurement to payment to closeout. In addition, Click2Buy is designed to work across multiple departments without affecting each group’s required workflows.
Geoffrey Robertson, vice president of Product, Innovation and Business Integration with Grainger, pointed out:
Customers at educational institutions face daily challenges of addressing maintenance routines, responding to repair requests, acquiring supplies and reconciling expenditures. Traditionally, these have been disjointed processes resulting in lost time and money, often leading to frustration and inconsistency of information. With Click2Buy, procurement and work order management are combined into one automated solution, which allows these customers to spend more time focused on maintaining their schools and campuses, and less time on paperwork.
Click2Buy benefits include the following:
- Cloud-based MRO solution, with no software to download or maintain;
- Automated and standardized integration of work orders, purchase orders, invoicing and payment;
- Tracking with the ability to add financial designations, such as account codes, cost centers, blanket purchase orders and budget codes;
- Spend controls with minimums, maximums and hierarchy approval; and
- Configurable reporting capabilities.
Lee Prevost, chief strategy officer and co-founder of SchoolDude, added:
SchoolDude and Grainger came together and really put educational institutions front and center in developing the Click2Buy solution. SchoolDude currently works with more than 6,500 school districts, independent schools, colleges and universities nationwide implementing our maintenance management platform. Through Click2Buy, these SchoolDude customers can gain “point-and-click” access to Grainger’s more than 1.5 million products. They then can place orders and have the orders automatically linked to their work order management process without the need for time-consuming and inefficient data entry work.
The Click2Buy solution is offered in three options depending on a customer’s existing procurement platform and purchasing needs.
To learn more or to request a free product demonstration, visit the Click2Buy MRO solution Web page.
