Ariett Purchase to Pay Customer Wins in Higher Education


PEMBROKE, MA--(Marketwire - Oct 10, 2012) - Ariett (www.ariett.com), the fastest growing provider of Purchase to Pay and Travel & Expense Software for midmarket and enterprise organizations, acquires new customers in higher education.

Ariett helps organizations achieve cost savings by automating Requisitioning & Purchase Order Management, AP Invoicing, and Travel & Expense Reporting with innovative web-based software in the Cloud or customer hosted with seamless integrations to ERP systems, such as Microsoft Dynamics.

"Like the healthcare industry, educational institutions are streamlining administrative and procure to pay operations to achieve savings by leveraging purchasing power, managing budgets and going paperless," said Glenn Brodie, President of Ariett.

"Workflow flexibility, document manager and an easy to use interface makes Ariett a perfect fit for public and private educational institutions that need more control," said Brodie. Ariett provides visibility to both supply and CAPEX purchasing across campus locations as well as credit card purchase transactions.

Ariett offers you the ability to choose -- Professional and Enterprise Cloud on Microsoft Azure or Customer Hosted Editions -- for all your non-payroll expenses. Gain visibility to your spending across corporate entities. A flexible and agile design offers the simplicity to manage your business your way.

Highlights on Three new Ariett Education Customers

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
ACPHS (www.acphs.edu) is committed to graduating the best health care minds in the world, with an array of degree programs designed to help students succeed in pharmacy and other health related fields. The College's main campus is located in Albany, New York; its satellite campus is in Colchester, Vermont. With more than 1,600 students enrolled, ACPHS offers a Doctor of Pharmacy program and four-year bachelor's and master's degree programs. ACHP selected and implemented Ariett Purchase to Pay Software for Purchase Requisitioning/eProcurement with real time budgeting and receiving against Purchase Orders.

University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College
The University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College (URG/RGCC) (www.rio.edu) is a unique partnership between a public community college and a four-year comprehensive university. Deeply rooted in Appalachian history, the University's contemporary 190 acre campus is located in Rio Grande, Ohio, nestled in the beautiful rolling hills of the Southeastern region of the state offering students the safety associated with a small town. The Rio Grande campus is an oasis of learning, innovation, and technology in the region. URG selected and implemented Ariett's Purchase to Pay solution to automate purchasing workflows and gain visibility and control over spending requests campus wide.

The InfiLaw System
The InfiLaw System is a consortium of independent, community based law schools that is establishing itself as a leader in making legal education more responsive to the realities of new career dynamics. InfiLaw generally administers non-academic core functions, but also fosters a wide range of best practice improvements in collaboration with the deans, faculty and staff at Florida Coastal School of Law, Phoenix School of Law and Charlotte School of Law. The InfiLaw System selected Ariett this summer to automate eProcurement business processes across campuses, including Requisition and Purchase Order Management with Budget Checking, AP Invoice Automation, Mobile Approval, Document Manager, CapEx Project Reporting, Travel Authorization and Expense Reporting with Corporate Credit Card Integration for hundreds of employees. Project implementation is underway.

Ariett Purchase to Pay with Travel and Expense are built on a common approval workflow model, making it possible for companies to achieve savings on a single platform. Ariett offers a 360 degree view of the procurement cycle from the purchase request, to buying online to the approval with audit trail. A complete solution with mobile apps, bundled reporting, and analytics.

About Ariett
Ariett Purchase to Pay and Travel & Expense solutions help organizations reduce costs by automating Requisitioning & Purchasing Order Management, AP Invoicing, and Travel & Expense Reporting. We deliver innovative web-based software to midmarket and enterprise customers in the Cloud or Customer Hosted, with seamless integrations to ERP systems, including Microsoft Dynamics GP/AX. Visit www.ariett.com and review product editions for more information.