This whitepaper, sponsored by Amazon Business and conducted by the EdWeek Research Center, examines purchasing challenges facing K-12 schools through interviews with ten administrators across different states. The study identifies five critical obstacles:

•  Approval processes for K-12 buyers
• Shipping and delivery delays or logistical problems
• Mandates to accept low bids and approved vendors for school purchases
• Manual purchasing processes and technology
• School inventory waste

To address these challenges, the research recommends strategic solutions including centralized purchasing systems for district-wide visibility, bulk purchasing to leverage collective buying power, and more.

Access the complete framework for modernizing school purchasing—download the whitepaper to see how leading districts are solving these challenges.