SupplyChain Magazine April 2018 | Page 199

CANADA

PARTNERING WITH JAGGAER HAS ENABLED LAURIER TO TRANSFORM ITS PROCURE TO PAY ( P2P ) SYSTEM over the years . When it comes to credit card payments , Big Kahuna , our athletic supplier , was one of the first ones to sign on for that , as well as Telus Mobility ,” she continues . “ Whilst we have transformed different areas of our department , we have also overhauled the audit function for our corporate card program through partnering with Scotia Bank using VISA ’ s Visa Intelligence Compliance Audit tool . We have approximately 1,400 cards , and procurement has to accommodate the size of that .

“ There was a need for a better audit programme , and so we hired someone who could help us transform the function to be what I consider the best university credit card audit programme in Canada .”
Ongoing developments Although the procurement team at Laurier has delivered numerous benefits to its students , the industry is facing a number of uncertainties surrounding developing regulations . The establishment of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement and the
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