Fortunately for the university, CSUN's director of purchasing and logistical services says those days are rapidly ending with the advent of a series of high-tech purchasing initiatives coming to the campus that promise to make buying items big and small easier and quicker than ever before.
Plans are to expand the use of PRS during the coming year.
The number of cards used on campus is expected to double from about 120 at present to perhaps 250 ultimately. Under this approach, the purchaser can simply use a university stamp on the invoice, fill out the necessary information and submit that to accounts payable. Ultimately, the goal is to make the university's purchasing process more convenient to end users as well as more timely and cost-efficient for the campus, freeing up funding for other uses. And for Cooper's staff, it's supposed to mean tracking significant purchasing issues rather than shuffling mountains of paper. In past years, Cal State campuses didn't have those kinds of options.