Crate SupplyEducation

Every classroom, supplied on budget.

Classroom, janitorial and food service supplies, priced across your vendors and checked against each department’s budget. Nothing is ordered until it is approved.

K–12 schoolsCollegesChildcare centers
01 / The product

Every department’s
budget in view.

Each request shows what it costs and what it leaves in the budget, before anyone approves it.

Crate SupplyEducationExample
Budgets · this term

Requests by department

Saved this term−$1,240Across 6 departments
Awaiting approval04Routed to approvers
Near budget limit01Art · 91% used
DepartmentBudgetSpentThis orderStatus
Science3 requests$6,000$4,210$312.40Awaiting approval
Art1 request$4,000$3,640$186.2091% used
FacilitiesJanitorial restock$9,000$5,120$612.80−7.2% saved
Food serviceWeekly order$7,000$5,450$398.10+3.8% price

Budgets for one school year. Nothing is ordered until it is approved.

02 / What you buy

Classroom
to cafeteria.

Each card shows the best price today for an item your school restocks every term.

Classroom

Copy paper, 8.5 × 11

10 reams · best price today
$48.90−8.9% saved
Janitorial

Multifold paper towels

× 4,000 · best price today
$41.30+3.8% price
Food service

Milk cartons

8 oz × 50 · best price today
$19.75−6.2% saved
Technology

Chromebook chargers

45 W · best price today
$24.90Low stock

Example prices before freight.

03 / Built for education

Built around budgets
and approvals.

Departments, budget codes, approvals, school year, cooperative contracts. The words you already use, with the numbers behind them.

Approvals

Every request, approved before it’s ordered.

Teachers and staff request what they need. Requests route to the right approver with the price and budget impact attached.

Science request · $312.40 · awaiting principal approval
Budgets

Spend checked against every budget code.

Each order line carries a department and budget code, so you see what’s left before you approve.

Art · budget $4,000 · spent $3,640 · 91% used
Vendors

Same item, every vendor, side by side.

Compare classroom and janitorial supplies per unit across vendors, including cooperative contract prices where you have them.

Copy paper 10 reams · A $53.70 · B $48.90 · C $50.20
School calendar

Ordered before the bell.

Plan large orders around the school year, so back-to-school and testing supplies land on time.

Back-to-school order · deliver by Aug 18
Start with one order

Your suppliers.
A clearer way to buy.

Bring an invoice and see where the money goes. Your workspace is set up during onboarding.