Why are you still filling out so many forms?

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2 Why are you still filling out so many forms? School personnel spend countless hours purchasing supplies. Administrators are bogged down processing forms, and sometimes it seems like requisitioning takes up more time than teaching. The fact is, purchasing is a labor-intensive, paper-excessive process which costs schools more than $75 per order in time and resources -- often much more than the items themselves. Added to this frustrating administrative bottleneck is the formidable challenge of annual budgeting and auditing. With all that technology makes possible today, isn t it time for a huge improvement? Free up staff time Reduce paperwork Save money Interface with your fund accounting system Make electronic payment through EFT Proactively control processes Reduce errors Allow for regulatory compliance Facilitate the audit process Create real-time budget reports Document cost savings Create a printable or electronic paper trail

3 Online. It s about time. eschoolmall.com is a complete online purchasing solution. It saves time, money and resources throughout this traditionally cumbersome process. Created expressly for schools, eschoolmall.com s Easy Purchase solution automates your existing purchasing processes, eliminating the reams of paperwork and mitigating the likelihood of errors. There s no complicated software to buy or maintain. All you need is Internet access. eschoolmall.com s Internet-based solution mirrors the way you already do business, and accelerates it -- The bottom line is that online purchasing will be a huge time saver, and time is money. We need to use technology like the Internet to save money in administrative areas and put those resources back for the students. eschoolmall.com, with its innovative solution, understands the needs of education better than anyone else in this space. They re providing a business application that is specifically designed for education, which demonstrates their clear understanding of our unique business issues. Tom Padden, business administrator, Norristown (Pa.) Area School District exponentially. Get ready for the revolution. How eschoolmall.com works. The eschoolmall.com epiphany. It starts when you first log on. Instantly, you re doing the things you ve always done, in only a fraction of the time. Then it quickly becomes apparent that everyone else in your school district is doing it, too. It s a revelation when you see how easy it can be. Finally, a single thought remains... You ll have more time to focus on kids in the classroom. Schools find the supplies they need quickly, and at the right price, on eschoolmall.com. We aggregate vendor catalogs for an easy buying experience. With a password and basic Internet access, teachers and coaches search our electronic catalog for items offered by your pre-approved vendors or from new vendors who offer their e-catalog on eschoolmall.com. We add new local, regional and national vendors catalogs daily, and offer hundreds of thousands of items in 19 different categories. Pencils to printers, computers to custodial supplies, you ll find it at eschoolmall.com. An electronic requisition is then automatically routed for approvals using your predetermined approval process. Intuitive and easy to use, eschoolmall.com links your requesters, vendors and fund accounting system together to create a full-service, automated system.

4 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) gives you the flexibility Find it fast with Easy Quote and Easy Bid. With a few clicks of the mouse, take the paper out of collecting quotes and bids. eschoolmall.com facilitates quoting and bidding, enabling schools to obtain the to make payments electronically through the Federal Reserve Bank system. With automated purchasing, you can also generate accurate reports in seconds for your school board to approve. From gathering quotes to making payment, eschoolmall.com securely tracks every purchasing step with a printable audit trail. A totally customizable solution, eschoolmall.com conforms to your district s unique profile and needs. In this way, we give schools unprecedented flexibility and control over the entire process. We streamline the business of purchasing, so you can get back to the business of teaching. necessary numbers in no time. Easy Quote and Easy Bid distill those processes down to the essential steps, including cataloging requirements, selecting and notifying suppliers, implementing security functions, awarding, purchasing and reporting. Thanks to eschoolmall.com's inherent modularity, districts can easily obtain quotes and bids in any type of media electronic, fax or hard copy.

5 eschoolmall.com offers the full scope of purchasing processes or a tailored version, which includes only the services your district requires. Accurate...When a requisition is generated, it must have complete, accurate and updated information, or the submission will not be accepted. This forced compliance reduces the need for internal back-and-forth before a purchase Smart...Using eschoolmall.com will, over time, make you better informed. You can generate reports with ease, deftly plan budgets and adroitly manage audits. Fast...Automation means no more endless forms, or sleuthing answers to inevitable questions. eschoolmall.com turns requisitioning into an exact science. And because we improve purchasing at all levels of your district, the process is accelerated from start to finish. order can be processed. Valuable...eschoolmall.com links your entire school district, enabling volume purchasing and securing the best pricing. eschoolmall.com is a valuable tool that helps schools make the most of every purchasing dollar. Proactive...Liberated from a mountain of paperwork, your staff can turn their energies to the more important, less tedious aspects of their jobs.

6 A secure future. eschoolmall.com uses leading-edge security to protect school purchasing information and EFT. With school-administered user IDs, two levels of password protection, certified 128-bit encryption, hardware-based firewalls and a Secure Socket-Layer (SSL) protocol, we constantly monitor account integrity, instantly reporting account irregularities. Regularly scheduled system-security audits complete our multi-tiered safeguarding methodology. Getting started is easy! Because eschoolmall.com is platform independent, it s easy to make the transition to the digital purchasing world. Call a friendly service representative, and we ll tailor eschoolmall.com to seamlessly support your existing purchasing processes. Training and documentation will also be provided to ensure your success. Call us toll-free at myschool ( ) or us at information@eschoolmall.com.

7 Call toll-free at myschool ( ), or us at: 2000 eschoolmall.com. All rights reserved. August eschoolmall.com, eschoolcurriculum, and the eschoolmall.com logo are registered with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Order number