The 2026 award highlights how ESM Purchase Cards combine human-supportive AI, intuitive procurement, and real-time budget insight to solve real-world institutional challenges. ESM Award-Winning Innovation in Extensibility Discover More Meet ESM
Quote AI. Learn More Less manual data entry. Fewer steps. More accuracy. ESM Quote AI enables you to take just 4 simple steps to transform supplier quotes into institutionally-compliant requisitions. What’s the cost
of wasted time? Calculate ROI ESM Quote AI cuts burdensome, error-prone and time consuming manual effort by 80% and improves data accuracy. Let’s calculate the savings available at your institution.

What’s this saving worth at your institution? Can you spend
with confidence? Read A Case Study The new ESM Consumer role delights with personalized and relevant consumer-like experiences. Whether a requestor, an approver, a budget holder, or a combination, we make the task easier.
ESM Consumer role provides capabilities such as Quick Buy, Budget Insights, Recent Transactions and Approvals, that cut through the clutter and reduce the burden on users. Learn More Personalizing
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Procurement with purpose

Connecting people to the resources they need to advance education

Simplify

Eliminate the hassle by making it easy to browse, shop, and buy

Curate

Choose suppliers that are brand safe and brand secure

Shield

Safeguard institutional integrity with certified integrations and holistic financial views

Engage

Inspire your community to do their part to boost sustainable procurement

ESM solution suite

Commit spend
with confidence

Personalized pathways that connect users to the resources to advance education

A better way to browse,
shop, and buy

Connecting people with the resources they need to power education

All your suppliers.
All in one place.

Enriched, unified views of your Supplier Network

Ready suppliers for the
path to purchase

Smarter sourcing for better outcomes

Purchase with confidence

Let everyone choose the resources they need, knowing you’ve cultivated trusted suppliers that provide them with the goods and services that support educational excellence.

Discover more about ESM’s Partnered Suppliers

Browse, Shop, Buy

In education, we learn from the experience of others. Find out what institutions just like yours are doing with ESM.

  • “[With ESM Purchase], your workflows are more efficient. You can focus more on the larger, strategic goals.” 
    JULIE FISHER
    FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
    McDaniel College
  • “Using ESM Purchase, DelVal was able to cut processing time for orders by at least 90 percent.”
    William Lyle
    Purchasing Direct
    Delaware Valley University