Science Warehouse forms partnership with ABS

SPEND management firm Science Warehouse has signed a strategic partnership agreement with software specialist Advanced Business Solutions (ABS).

Focusing initially on the higher education sector, the agreement allows ABS to provide its customers with Leeds-based Science Warehouse’s purchasing and transaction management technology.

Steve Kerridge, managing director of Science Warehouse, said: “ABS’ strong customer base will offer us a complimentary route to market so that a growing number of institutions can benefit from our solutions to streamline their procurement processes and achieve greater purchasing power.”

Dean Dickinson, managing director of ABS, said: “The integration of Science Warehouse’s e-Marketplace solutions into our financial management system provides users with an easy-to-use yet powerful spend analytics tool so they can better understand their purchasing patterns.

“This ‘best of breed’ partnership will deliver our customers with significant cost savings to allow them to maintain stricter financial and quality control over their expenditure.”