Our fast-growing districts use thousands of vendors to provide goods and services for the benefit of our students, parents, and communities. Up until now, stakeholders have had access to little more than the information contained on their invoices. AEC Schools goes way beyond the topline financials to provide the district with the who, what, where, when, why and how behind the provision of those goods and services.
When a vendor provides you with the details of the product or service they delivered and what is important for you to know about it, through AEC Schools, they deliver 2 important benefits for you. First, they provide real-time status of their work to all stakeholders on the systems. Second, they participate in the long-term knowledge system for the district that captures who did what, when, how and why. Districts can learn more about the capabilities and proficiency of their vendors and more easily take their advice. This is how you can maximize the value of all the district investments. When new needs arise, they can more efficiently leverage their vendors to help supply ideas, approaches, and solutions to those needs.
Districts can also evaluate the provisioning of these goods and services and share vendor information with their colleagues on other districts. Vendors benefit by sharing, in their own words and work, the services and value they provide. They can also make their value known to other districts, by indexing their information resulting in better search results for the entire state.