Why Ellucian Colleague Schools Choose Unimarket
Our best-in-class source-to-pay solutions form a single end-to-end integration with Ellucian Colleague.
Purpose-built source-to-pay solutions are among the most effective ways to deliver process efficiencies and cost savings. But which are the right solutions for your institution and its Ellucian Colleague ERP?
It’s crucial that your chosen solution integrates tightly with your ERP and provides outstanding value for money. It’s also vital to find an experienced procurement partner that truly understands your needs and is committed to delivering the best outcome for you.
For these reasons and more, many institutions using the Ellucian Colleague ERP turn to Unimarket.
Unimarket has been an Ellucian partner for over a decade. More than 75% of our clients use an Ellucian ERP, and over half of all higher education institutions that have implemented the Unimarket solution over the past two years are running Colleague.
Institutions using Colleague choose Unimarket because of its unsurpassed compatibility: only Unimarket offers a single end-to-end integration that spans procurement, invoicing, and payments.
The result is a familiar and intuitive shopping experience end users will love and the visibility and control you need to boost efficiency and cost savings. Plus, a close integration means Colleague remains your system of record at all times.
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"Implementation was flawless... I always knew the next steps and what was needed in advance."
Loyola University Maryland was impressed by Unimarket's integration with its Ellucian Colleague ERP. Find out how Unimarket continues to impress by streamlining processes and saving the institution time and effort.
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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 Colleague made easy
Integrating a new software solution can be a complex and time-consuming process. As a result, IT departments in colleges and universities, often working with limited resources, may be hesitant to embrace new technologies.
We’ve significantly simplified this process with Colleague EasyConnect — a streamlined, cost-effective method to integrate the Unimarket eProcurement solution with your Ellucian Colleague ERP.
This innovative integration approach delivers a flexible, dependable, and seamless partnership with your ERP, empowering procurement, finance, and accounts payable teams and simplifying each step of the procurement process.
Our expert implementation team delivers the integration with minimal burden on your IT department. 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.
After implementation, the Unimarket solution can be configured to your organization’s specific needs, from tailored approval workflows to the custom management of invoice exceptions.
And because the Unimarket eProcurement solution is a cloud-based system, 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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Get in touch to learn more about our expertise with Ellucian Colleague and how we can help you simplify procurement.