The Situation:
Donors Choose is a United States-based nonprofit organization which provides a method for people to donate directly to specific projects at public schools. DonorsChoose.org was started in 2000 by Charles Best, a teacher at a public high school in the Bronx. Since then, it has grown to serve all public schools throughout the United States. As of August 2010, more than $55 million dollars had been donated to over 138,000 projects, helping more than 3,400,000 students in need. These projects required all types of goods and services from K12 vendors to be able to complete each of those discrete events.

The Solution:
The nonprofit turned to ESM Solutions for a customer/vendor portal which allowed teachers to search vendor websites for the items needed for their projects. This portal became a one stop shop for contract pricing with a single sign on. After filling out their shopping cart, the order was sent through the workflow engine, allowing for approval. The ESM Solutions procurement portal became the mission critical procurement application for Donors Choose.

The Situation:
The leading manufacturer of charcoal and gas grills, grilling accessories and outdoor products had seen dramatic growth with the addition of Weber-branded restaurants and the acquisition of Ducane Grills and they needed a better way to manage their indirect purchasing and corporate spending.

The Solution:
easyPurchase™ Enterprise was used to present vendor contracts, catalogs and manage processes, so Weber could control the vendors and contracts that were visible to their employees. The ESM Solutions products were also integrated with Weber’s existing ERP system, so they could manage indirect spend across all plants, offices and facilities.

The Situation:
Prior to the ESM Solutions implementation, Tompkins utilized a procurement system that didn’t meet expectations. The buying community didn’t have visibility of their orders as they went through the process and the procurement office didn’t have a good handle on corporate spend. The bank’s goal was to manage spend across autonomous offices and branches, as well as control multiple inventory locations to avoid duplicate purchases.

The Solution:
easyPurchase™ Enterprise was implemented to manage catalogs, contracts, vendors and business processes and ESM Solutions Warehouse was utilized to present a consolidated view of inventory across the Tompkins organization.