Beyond the Page Makes Purchasing and Accounts Payable Easier

Purchasing curriculum for a distance learning school requires accuracy, clear communication, and reliable records. Beyond the Page supports purchasing departments, accounts payable teams, and office staff with tools that make ordering, billing, tracking, and reporting easier to manage.

Our customer service team works closely with school staff to answer questions, solve ordering issues, and help your school choose the purchasing process that works best for your team.

Flexible Purchasing Options

Schools can place orders in the way that best fits their internal process. We accept traditional purchase orders by email, and approved school staff can also place purchase orders directly through our website.

Online purchase orders work much like a standard online checkout. Authorized staff can create a shopping cart, check out, and enter a purchase order number instead of paying by credit card. After the order ships, your team receives an itemized invoice for payment processing.

This process helps schools:

Reduce manual order entry
Limit errors caused by incomplete order details
Give approved staff a faster way to place orders
Keep purchase order numbers connected to specific orders
Access invoices and shipment details online

Purchasing and Billing Integrations

Beyond the Page can work with schools to support purchasing and billing integrations that streamline the ordering process. For schools with more advanced procurement needs, we can discuss integration options such as cXML, punchout purchasing, electronic purchase orders, and electronic invoicing.

These integrations can help connect your school's purchasing system with Beyond the Page so approved users can shop, submit orders, and process billing with less manual work.

Integration options may help your school:

Create a smoother purchasing workflow for staff
Reduce duplicate data entry
Improve order accuracy
Support centralized purchasing approval processes
Connect purchasing activity with accounts payable systems
Simplify invoice handling and reconciliation

If your school uses a procurement platform or purchasing system, contact us. We will review your requirements and discuss the best way to support your process.

Shared Shopping Carts

Families often know which curriculum items they need, but they may not be the people who place the final order. Shared shopping carts help close that gap.

Parents can create a shopping cart on our website and share it with a teacher, purchasing department, or approved school staff member by entering an email address and an optional note.

If the recipient has permission to place online purchase orders, that staff member can review the cart, accept it, and place the order quickly. This makes it easier for families to communicate what they need while still allowing the school to control purchasing approval.

Online Invoices and Order Records

Approved school administrators and office staff can access order information online. After an order ships, your team can view itemized invoices, package tracking information, and updates for backordered items.

This gives your office staff a central place to find the information they need instead of searching through emails or contacting customer service for every order update.

Online order records can help your team:

Find itemized invoices
Track shipped packages
Check the status of backordered items
Review order history
Print or email invoice records as needed

Responsive Support for School Staff

Even with strong systems in place, questions come up. Our customer service team is available to help with purchase orders, invoices, shipment questions, online access, shared carts, bulk licensing, and account setup.

We understand that purchasing and office staff keep school operations running. Our goal is to make the curriculum purchasing process clear, accurate, and easy to manage.

Set Up a Purchasing Process That Works for Your School

If your school needs help with purchase orders, online ordering privileges, shared shopping carts, bulk seat assignments, invoices, or purchasing integrations, we are happy to help.