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Barclay, Brian – American School Board Journal, 2001
To address the problem of outdated vendor catalogs, Edmonton (Alberta) Public Schools created a view-only online shopping mall that evolved into an electronic shopping program. Buyers can use credit cards for some transactions and cost coding for others. They can also sell unwanted items online. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Innovation, Online Catalogs
Chan, Tak Cheung – American School Board Journal, 2001
A survey of 145 schools found that all had experimented with innovative purchasing approaches. Many used electronic methods, such as credit-card, fast-track requisition (most popular), bidding and purchasing, and data interchange. Results suggest that nonelectronic innovations (just-in-time, cooperative, direct, and consortium leverage purchasing)…
Descriptors: Bids, Consortia, Cooperation, Efficiency