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Benefits of the P-Card
Department Benefits
- Ease/Speed of Purchase
- Fewer calls from vendors looking for payment
- Less paperwork
- Eliminates the preparation of vouchers for each purchase
- Only need to submit paperwork once per month
- Staff will have more time available to perform other tasks
University Benefits
- Significant reduction in data entry
- Sustainability
- Less paperwork to process
- Less checks to issue
- Only one check to the P-Card provider vs. 100’s of checks per month to vendors
- Less envelopes
- Reduced postage costs
- Improve vendor relations
- Vendors receive payment right away
- P-Card provider gives the University an annual rebate based upon purchase volume