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New CampusLink Ambassador Integrates Bookstore Services and Student Information
System
Higher Ed Institutions Gain Savings, Enhanced
Student Retention, Faster Revenue Recognition
(Boca Raton, FL - February 21, 2006) – In an industry
first, Campus Management Corporation and Ambassador College Bookstores
have launched a real-time integration solution, CampusLink® Ambassador,
that will help institutions automate and more rapidly process orders
for books and supplies, identify potential student retention issues,
and speed bill payments and reconciliations.
The integration connects Ambassador’s SourceOne supply chain
system to Campus Management’s CampusVue™ administrative
system. Campus Management, a leading provider of enterprise resource
planning (ERP) software, and Ambassador, a premier provider of book
fulfillment and management services, are the first higher education
service providers to offer in-depth integration with just a minimal
set-up fee.
Institutions using CampusLink Ambassador can achieve faster bookstore
revenue recognition, “just in time” order fulfillment
for books and supplies, and can capture changes in student information
and courses in real time to update their student information (SIS)
and bookstore systems. If institutions also use Campus Management’s
CampusPortal™, they can offer students the ability to make online
bookstore purchases along with their online course registrations.
“This real time interface with CampusVue serves up the right
data at the right time,” said Gary Herald, CEO and president
of Ambassador. “One major benefit for schools is that
student information is kept up to date across both systems, and we
link course registration with bookstore orders, automating and expediting
the fulfillment process and assuring student data is current and accurate.”
“Our work with Ambassador addresses our customers’ desire
to provide student-friendly services that differentiate them from
other schools and accelerate workflows and revenues, but without necessarily
increasing expense,” said Tim Gilbert, Campus Management’s
vice president of marketing. “We have clients implementing CampusLink
Ambassador now, and offer the integration for general release to all
of our clients who use Ambassador’s fulfillment services.”
Key features offered through CampusLink Ambassador include:
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Automated
fulfillment - CampusLink Ambassador automates and collects fulfillment
data for transmittal and processing bookstore purchases en masse
once student registration is complete, thereby reducing manual
order processing, administrative time and potential errors that
create unnecessary expense. |
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Automated
student ledger card updates - All bookstore transactions-purchases,
refunds, and returns-are transmitted to the CampusVue system and
used to automatically update student ledger cards. CampusLink
Ambassador includes reconciliation tools that assure accurate
transaction posting to the CampusVue SIS. |
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Single
student or group account "holds" - Administrators can stop any
bookstore transactions through an account "hold" on a single student
or group of student accounts for bookstore purchases and fulfillment,
automatically. This function enables institutions to reduce extensive
inventory and storage requirements, as well as reduce administrative
errors and identify and prevent cost overruns. |
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Online
voucher and credit card purchase support - CampusLink Ambassador
can support online voucher and credit card purchases. This enables
students to purchase books and class materials faster and more
conveniently, while improving institutions' ability to track these
transactions in the CampusVue SIS system. |
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Financial
aid spending caps by student or campus - Institutions can establish
and enforce bookstore spending limits by student and/or school
and track bookstore transactions to stay within financial aid
budgets. |
CampusLink Ambassador is part of Campus Management’s new CampusCompanions
program to dramatically expand integration of its core software for
student administration, finance, HR, and fundraising to include more
partners and services. CampusCompanions offerings and industry partners
include Ambassador College Bookstores, Donor2 fundraising management
software, Microsoft Dynamics-Great Plains, and others. The goal of
the initiative is to enable clients to continuously enhance Campus
Management’s enterprise technology to help clients achieve operational
excellence through reduced costs, faster and more accurate workflows,
and stronger operational efficiency.
For more information about CampusLink Ambassador, institutions may
contact Ami Dew, Solutions Manager, Campus Management at (561) 923-2500.
About Ambassador College Bookstores (Ambassador)
Since 1973, Ambassador has been providing premier bookstore fulfillment
services to colleges and universities.
Its comprehensive range of services includes management and operation
of on-campus and online bookstores or any combination, including an
auto-fill service whereby student orders are picked, packed and shipped
without ever visiting a bookstore. Over the years, Ambassador
has made significant investments in personnel and technology to achieve
clients’ objectives and earn its sterling reputation in the
academic and publishing industry. SourceOne is Ambassador’s
proprietary technology that enables users to securely place and confirm
orders online, upload student and hold lists, use Ambassador’s
student retention tools, verify orders, download management reports,
confirm account balances, download invoices and statements, and more.
For more information, visit www.ambassadorbookstores.com.
About Campus Management Corporation (Campus Management)
More than 900 colleges and universities worldwide rely on Campus Management
for efficient, scalable, and flexible administrative solutions that
enhance operational excellence. Rapid implementation, proven user
training, and superior support services distinguish Campus Management’s
CampusVue™ administrative suites for higher education. Campus
Management’s commitment to continuously evolving its technology
has resulted in a vast, long-term enterprise solution capable of millions
of daily transactions, providing real-time operational visibility
across departments and multiple campuses. The company has won Microsoft’s
2005 award for Best Innovation in Higher Education, recognizing cost-effective
and innovative IT solutions, and named ERP Solutions Developer of
the Year (Microsoft 2003). Campus Management’s solutions feature
comprehensive, configurable modules for the entire student lifecycle
and the school’s operations.
CampusLink® Ambassador
CampusLink is a trademark of Campus Management Corporation, registered
in the U.S., other countries or both. The CampusLink Ambassador name
is a property of Campus Management and it refers to Campus Management’s
technological development of an interface to Ambassador College Bookstores’
SourceOne system, as part of an exclusive agreement between the companies.
Patsy Canning
Campus Management Corporation
pcanning@campusmgmt.com
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