Purchasing and Procurement


Cost Containment

Strategies for Cost Containment

Purchasing experts teach us the difference between cost containment, purchasing, procurement and strategic sourcing — and offer strategies for containing costs.

procurement challenges

Solving Procurement Challenges

Here are six common procurement challenges and how purchasing professionals are solving them.

Life Cycle Costs

Figuring Life Cycle Costs

Buying furniture and equipment for K-12 school districts requires an analyst's mind.

Safer Schools

Lowering district costs with ESA partnerships.

Ten Types of Procurement Software

What type of procurement software can help you?

Purchasing Practices

Today's Purchasing Practices

Here's a broad look at today's school purchasing practices from four veterans representing different-sized, and both rural and urban, districts.

Winter Maintenance

Winter Wonderland

Budgeting for cold weather care and maintenance that involves planning ahead for key seasonal product and service purchases can lead to steep discounts and reduced operating costs.

K-12 Market Research Finds Strong Ed-Tech Budgets and Optimistic Outlook for 2015

According to press releases issued Jan. 14, findings of the recently published MDR State of the K-12 Market 2014 report, schools are more optimistic about their ed-tech budgets than they have been for the past few years. Nearly 90 percent of districts expect their 2014-2015 technology budgets in hardware, software, teacher training and technical support to stay the same or increase.

The Consumerization of IT

Implications of the increasing consumerization of technology in higher education.

Sustainable Purchasing for Schools

Sustainable Purchasing for Schools

This recently released guide provides a host of tools and resources for administrators, teachers and parents concerned with making healthy purchasing decisions that are good for students and the school environment.

Buying Green: Everyone's Doing It

Across the country, colleges and universities are spending their green on green.

Higher-Ed Procurement

Mentoring: An Effective Component of Talent Development

Talent development is essential in today's purchasing environment.

The Education Marketplace

Deborah P. Moore explains how to make the best use of this comprehensive guide of products and suppliers for the education market.

Ethics in Purchasing

Some dos and don'ts to guide purchasing practices.

Assessing Emerging Technologies

Can it improve student learning or teacher quality?

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