eCAT 3

The MIT eCAT³ purchasing portal provides an efficient and user friendly experience for purchasing products from both partner and non partner suppliers.The eCAT³ portal streamlines the purchasing process by bringing suppliers together in one place, provides the capability to search and compare hosted supplier products, allows users to create and maintain supplier favorite lists and allows any MIT requisitioner access to the site via their MIT certificate and a one time profile set up.

The automated workflow of eCAT³ reduces the time and effort it takes to create a requisition and generate a purchase order. This reduction in time and effort translates into real cost savings to the Institute.Other savings include reduction in cycle time, ordering errors, returns and accuracy of purchase order price and invoice data.

eCAT³ currently contains 20 contracted suppliers and developments are underway to add new suppliers over the coming months. Office Depot will be the first partner vendor to be moved into the eCAT³portal. Developments are also underway to bring the existing 7 suppliers up on electronic data interchange (EDI) of invoices which will maximize reductions in time and effort to reconcile purchase orders and invoices.

To help with the transition to eCAT³ new training resources will be available shortly on the eCAT³ website. There will be a complete training manual, FAQ’s and on line tutorials to help you get started. On line tutorials will also help you set up your profile and guide you through basic navigation for using the portal. The eCAT³ team will be hosting a series of demos and training sessions over the next few months, please visit the eCAT³ webpage for dates and times.web.mit.edu/ecat/ecat3

Email ECAT3@mit.edu if you have suggestions for new suppliers, questions, comments or for further help.

Contacts:
MIT Procurement Team