Carroll Community College and Unimarket Announced Today the
Implementation of Unimarket’s SaaS Collaborative eProcurement Solution to
Improve Procure-to-Pay Efficiencies
Annapolis, MD, July 08, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Today, Carroll Community College - one of Maryland's 16
community colleges -- and Unimarket, the global leader of collaborative eProcurement solutions, is
excited to announce the signing of an agreement to implement the full suite of procure-to-pay
functionality throughout the College. Carroll is eager to join the other Maryland and Washington DC
Institutions and organizations already utilizing Unimarket's technology, including Anne Arundel
Community College and Harford Community College. This will allow Carroll to electronically
collaborate on purchases with their counterpart institutions through eProcurement. In 2008/2009, credit
and non-credit headcount combined was 13,533 students at Carroll Community College.
Dr. John Cox, Harford Community College's Chief Financial Officer, remarked on the announcement.
“We're pleased to see another Maryland community college joining the community of higher education
buyers in Maryland through Unimarket. We know they will achieve real savings and look forward to
collaborating with them.”
Like most community colleges in Maryland, Carroll is experiencing a growth in enrollments as more
students are looking for economical education options and others are returning to school to upgrade their
skills in a tight labor market. Still, the recent downturns in the economy resulting in state-wide budget
cuts have required the College to track every dollar carefully to ensure its academic programs remain top
rate. Carroll realized that directly connecting internal business processes to those of their suppliers and
other institutions was the key to real savings, along with improving service to the campus community
through the reduction in paperwork.
”There is no doubt,” said Timothy League, the College's Director of Fiscal Affairs, “ that Unimarket's
eProcurement solution will d