# How San Marcos Unified School District uses Ramp

**40 hours**: “the team has cut about 40 hours from month-end close work”

As published on [ramp.com](https://ramp.com/customers/smusd). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [San Marcos Unified School District](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/san-marcos-unified-school-district.md)
- Tool: [Ramp](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/ramp.md)
- Teams: Maintenance and Operations, Purchasing, Accounting, Kids on Campus

## What the story says

The district uses Ramp corporate cards and expense management so maintenance staff can buy parts on the fly, with a work-order number tied to each purchase and receipts captured by text message. This gives finance a purchase record from the start instead of at month-end.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Ramp and San Marcos Unified School District, not ours.

> San Marcos Unified no longer has to wait for monthly statements to understand maintenance spend. With work-order numbers added at purchase, receipts captured by text, and Simone categorizing transactions each week, the team has cut about 40 hours from month-end close work.

- **2.8×**: “In the first six months, San Marcos Unified saw an estimated 2.8× ROI on their annual subscription costs for using Ramp Plus”
- **8 short weeks**: “In 8 short weeks, the team had rolled out Ramp.”

> It can just be done incrementally as part of your daily routine versus having to do it at the 30th day. That switch — that’s where the savings are.
>
> Nick Brizeno, Director of Purchasing, San Marcos Unified School District

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 40 hours is printed word for word on the page, near the name of San Marcos Unified School District.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of San Marcos Unified School District.
- Checked: San Marcos Unified School District uses Ramp. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/san-marcos-unified-school-district-ramp · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology