SupplyChain Magazine April 2018 | Page 198

WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY

“ THE JAGGAER SYSTEM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY INSTRUMENTAL IN REPORTING DATA ANALYTICS AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ”

– Tracey Ens Director of Procurement
“ Electronic Fund Transfers ( EFT ) and cheques can become an expensive way of paying vendors , so we ’ re also now in the midst of implementing Visa Payables Automation ,” explains Ens . “ Along with our Accounts Payable department , we have started a drive to get vendors on campus to take Visa as a method of payment and it ’ s been very , very successful to date .
“ Our suppliers have been a big part of our success . They also were willing to try things because of the relationships which have been built
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