RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Oct. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JAGGAER, the world’s largest independent spend management company, that is has reached a milestone of sponsoring 500 education industry, as well as many Regional Users Groups and Customer Advisory Board events. Over 600 Universities, Community Colleges, K-12 institutions and 70% of the top research schools in the United States rely on JAGGAER’s Source to Pay spend management solutions.
JAGGAER’s involvement with higher education dates back over 20 years, and includes active participation with NAEP and NACUBO, including all their respective regional events, SACUBO, WACUBO, Ellucian Live and many other education associated events.
JAGGAER’s higher education customers are frequently cited as industry leaders. Recently the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) named these customers to the Sustainable Campus Index (SCI):Emory University, University of Dayton, Colorado State University, Texas A&M, University of Conn, University of New Hampshire, Arizona State University, Stanford University, McGill University (Canada), University of Pennsylvania, University of California Irvine, University of California San Diego, Rice University, University of Missouri, University of San Diego and Princeton University. The index measures 17 impact areas, covering academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration. JAGGAER customers are represented in operations including research, purchasing and transportation; areas directly affected by JAGGAER solutions.
Additionally seven of the nine awards presented at the 2018 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) were to JAGGAER customers. NACUBO's annual awards honor individual and institutional excellence in higher education business and financial management. JAGGAER customers won awards for:
2018 Distinguished Business Officer Award
NACUBO's most prestigious award, given for a career's worth of outstanding contributions to business and financial management in higher education. Morgan R. Olsen, one of two recipients. is the executive vice president, treasurer, and chief financial officer at Arizona State University where he oversees the finances and administration of a $3 billion enterprise.
2018 Service to NACUBO Award
Prairie View A&M University
2018 Excellence in Sustainability Award
Honoring excellence and innovation in sustainability leadership areas including finance, facilities, operations, environment, community, and climate.
University of Minnesota, University of Texas at Arlington
2018 Rodney H. Adams Endowment Management Award
Case Western Reserve University (OH)
2018 Student Financial Services Award: Temple University
2018 Daniel D. Robinson Accounting Award: Indiana University
“JAGGAER has been the spend management industry’s strongest supporter of higher education for two decades because we recognize that their contribution to society is of paramount importance. Active engagement with the community helps us to understand what’s needed to help procurement departments evolve into value drivers,” says Robert Bonavito, CEO, JAGGAER.
JAGGAER 2018 Q4 event schedule:
To round out the year, JAGGAER will be appearing at NAEP events in upstate NY (10/1-10/4), Metro NY/NJ (10/6-10/9), Delaware, PA, WVA (10/6-10/9), DC, MD, VA (10/6-10/9), New England (10/27-10/30) and EACUBO: Buffalo (10-/21-10/24).
About JAGGAER: Global source to pay spend management solutions
JAGGAER is the world’s largest independent spend management company, with 2,000 customers connected to a network of 3.7 million suppliers in 70 countries, served by offices located in North America, Latin America, throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Middle East. JAGGAER offers complete SaaS-based Source to Pay eProcurement solutions with advanced Spend Analytics, Sourcing, Supplier Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, Savings Tracking and intelligent workflow capabilities. JAGGAER has pioneered spend solutions for over two decades and continues to lead the innovation curve by listening to customers and analyzing the market. Our solution suites are trusted by the world’s largest manufacturing, education, health care, retail, consumer package goods, logistics, construction, utilities companies and public service organizations. Additionally, JAGGAER holds 38 patents–more than any other spend management company.
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