IRIS integrates Amazon Business e-Procurement to streamline school purchasing in the UK
IRIS Software Group (IRIS) has announced the integration of Amazon Business e-Procurement with IRIS Financials. The new feature will allow more than 5,000 UK schools to purchase supplies directly from Amazon Business through their IRIS Financials system, which aims to streamline the procurement process by eliminating many manual tasks.
Schools typically purchase items such as textbooks, stationery, computers, whiteboards, safety equipment, sports, music, art and science equipment, furniture, cleaning and catering supplies, and Special Educational Needs (SEN) resources from Amazon Business.
Effective immediately, this integration permits purchasing teams to access Amazon Business's digital catalogue within the IRIS Financials purchasing system. The integration includes a familiar Amazon check-out process, pre-filled purchase order lines, automatic generation of purchase orders and approvals, and purchase reconciliation.
Simon Freeman, Managing Director for Education at IRIS, commented on the integration:
“This is a fantastic collaboration, underlining IRIS Education’s commitment to the education sector, and showing how we continue to innovate to help schools and trusts. Being able to handle Amazon e-procurement within IRIS Financials transforms the time intensive manual processes that are performed daily.
“It removes the need to re-key information from Amazon into a purchase order, alleviates the usual juggling between applications to copy over information from Amazon to a purchasing system and dramatically reduces the steps needed in gaining approval for purchases.”
Fabricio Pedroza, Country Manager, UK&I at Amazon Business, also expressed his views on the collaboration:
“We’re thrilled to be collaborating with IRIS to bring streamlined procurement for thousands of schools around the UK. This collaboration means we’re able to offer UK schools and multi-academy trusts a wide range of products through their existing IRIS Financials purchasing systems, providing easy access to Amazon Business’s digital catalogue.
“Through automating admin tasks, and offering increased visibility and an easier and improved purchase reconciliation, this partnership will enable schools to focus on what’s important: the education and success of its students.”
