Ellucian Banner and Unimarket - Perfect Procurement Partners
Our seamless integration with Ellucian Banner ensures optimal source-to-pay processes.
Process improvements and cost savings are key to success. But achieving these goals can be impossible if your source-to-pay software isn't aligned with your Ellucian Banner ERP.
Purpose-built eProcurement tools have emerged as the gold standard for managing and transforming procurement. But your chosen solution must be a great fit for the financial heart of your institution — its ERP.
That’s why so many colleges and universities using Ellucian Banner look to Unimarket’s best-in-class procure-to-pay solution when they need to power up their procurement process.
Unimarket has been an Ellucian partner for over a decade and more than 75% of our clients use an Ellucian ERP.
We’ve built the experience our higher education clients trust and the solution functionality their institutions need.
From an intuitive marketplace to automated approvals and invoicing, Unimarket complements Banner perfectly. The combination simplifies purchasing, provides total control and visibility, and ensures your ERP remains the system of record.
Unimarket offers unparalleled value by forming a single end-to-end procurement solution with your ERP with minimal complexity, cost, and demand on resources.
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We understand Banner
Our customers who use Ellucian Banner share why they choose Unimarket.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)
"Unimarket’s knowledge of Banner helped us correct a lot of mistakes… We were able to simplify our entire financial process."
LaVerne Mayes, Purchasing Manager
Teachers College, Columbia University
"They made the connection between Unimarket and our ERP system almost like a breeze. But Banner — they understand it inside out."
Patricia Walker, Director of Business Services
Higher Ed IT Procurement & Spend Management: A Strategic Guide for NERCOMP Institutions
This guide explores the top procurement challenges for NERCOMP institutions and provides strategic solutions to help IT and finance leaders modernize their approach to spend management.
Integration with Banner made easy
Software integrations can be highly complex and time-consuming projects. As a result, college and university IT departments with limited resources are reluctant to consider the introduction of new technology.
That’s why we developed Banner EasyConnect — a simple and cost-effective way to integrate the Unimarket eProcurement solution with your Ellucian Banner ERP.
Banner EasyConnect allows for a no-fuss integration that ensures a flexible, reliable, and seamless relationship with your ERP, enabling procurement, finance, and accounts payable teams to work more efficiently and effectively across the entire procurement process.
Delivered by our expert implementation team, there’s no need for a detailed system assessment and there's minimal burden on your IT resources.
We also support enterprise-level authentication through single sign-on and we can easily integrate with other solutions within your wider IT ecosystem for total harmony.
Once integrated, the Unimarket solution can be configured to your organization’s specific needs, from tailored approval workflows to the custom management of invoice exceptions.
Plus, because Unimarket is a cloud-based solution, all product updates and patches happen automatically and without disruption.
We work with Workato
We’ve partnered with world-leading integration platform Workato to simplify integrations and ensure customers realize the benefits of a simplified procurement process faster than ever.
The Unimarket difference
Ease
- Give your people a familiar marketplace shopping experience.
- Automate everything, from requisition generation to approvals.
- Save time and resources with a cloud-based solution that updates automatically and needs no installation.
Visibility and control
- Know how much your users are spending, what they’re buying, and from which suppliers.
- Ensure purchases are authorized before spend is committed with upfront requisition approval.
- Forecast with reliable data on historical and committed spend.
Savings
- Create buying power by directing spend to preferred suppliers.
- Save time and money by cutting out paperwork and automating processes.
- Onboard suppliers without the need for time-consuming, point-to-point integrations.
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Explore our comprehensive suite of source-to-pay solutions
Beacon AI ✦ ݁˖
AI capability built directly into the Unimarket platform — turning scattered policies, dense contracts, and manual invoice data into instant, compliant answers.
Policy Guide ✦ ݁˖
The AI-powered procurement co-pilot that lives inside your workflow, delivering real-time, policy-aligned guidance to every buyer in your organization, 24 hours a day.
Source
Streamline every stage of your sourcing process, from procurement planning and supplier discovery through to evaluation and award, with compliance built in from the start.
Contracts
Take control of your contracts with a single, searchable repository that makes managing agreements effortless and efficient.
Marketplace
Deliver a seamless, user-friendly buying experience that your team will love, while ensuring compliance and cost control.
eProcurement
Automate and simplify procurement workflows to save time, reduce costs, and drive efficiency across your organization.
Invoicing
Transform invoicing with full automation, enabling faster processing, lower costs, and improved supplier relationships.
Expenses
Simplify expense management with an intuitive solution that saves time, ensures accuracy, and streamlines approvals.
Payments
Effortlessly manage supplier payments while eliminating fraud risks and gaining complete visibility into your payment processes.
Supplier Management
Streamline onboarding, centralize your suppliers, and ensure seamless integration with expert support.
Insights
Gain 100% visibility. Track spending, identify cost-saving opportunities, and ensure compliance while staying on budget.
Virtual Mailroom
Eliminate manual invoice processing with automated workflows that save time, reduce errors, and accelerate approvals.
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