Web-based purchasing solutions

Science Warehouse, a leading provider of web-based purchasing solutions has announced the University of Leicester as a new customer. A leading UK Institution, Leicester University has 23,000 students and a turnover in excess of £230m per annum.

Science Warehouse will provide the University with a powerful and highly user-friendly interface for purchasing backed up by vendor catalogue enablement and intelligent spend management. The solution will be fully integrated with University’s SAP back office system and purchasing card solution for seamless spend control.

Gary Hague, Deputy Director of Finance at the University said:

“All universities are under increasing pressure to deliver more for less. As well as offering benefits for individual staff, the Science Warehouse solution will help us to become more efficient and will deliver substantial spend savings.“

Richard Thomas, Purchasing Manager, added: “We have been impressed by Science Warehouse’s track record in implementing successful e-procurement at other UK universities and look forward to working with them as we roll out the solution across the University of Leice?.”