After a rigorous and competitive bidding process—one which garnered participation from a large cross-section of the campus community—I am pleased to announce that Ithaca College has engaged with Unimarket to provide our first e-marketplace solution.After a rigorous and competitive bidding process—one which garnered participation from a large cross-section of the campus community—I am pleased to announce that Ithaca College has engaged with Unimarket to provide our first e-marketplace solution.
Already serving such institutions such as Creighton University and University of New Hampshire, this “Amazon.com-like” electronic online marketplace will provide an intuitive and user-friendly shopping experience for faculty and staff. Leveraging our current spending habits, the eMarketplace will allow the campus to obtain contract pricing for products from the College’s preferred suppliers while cutting down on the costs associated with procurement card usage.
The technology will be integrated into the Oracle iProcurement system and is expected to launch in June 2015.
Bryan M. Roberts
Chair, Information Technology Committee
Strategic Sourcing Initiative
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20141112155512105