Tagged: Purchasing

The Spend Category Crosswalk (previously known as the Category Buyer Listing and the Strategic Teams documents) can now be found on the University Purchasing website, under "Our Team". The Spend Category Crosswalk describes categories in detail, as well as how they translate into Workday spend categories, from previous Peoplesoft categories. The Category Buyer Listing and Strategic Teams Document are no longer applicabl

All employees are encouraged to log in to Workday as soon as possible and update their specific work space within a building to ensure items are correctly delivered. Please change your work space by following the How to Change Your Work Space job aid. Additionally, your building location in Workday must be correct to effectively change your work space.

The launch of Workday Finance and Supply Chain brings with it new terminology- and Buckeye Buy Marketplace!  The following may help you navigate the changes:

Following are important procurement-related downtime dates that are necessary as we transition from PeopleSoft to Workday.  Please review these dates carefully, mark your calendar with reminders, and prepare now for the supplies and services you will need during downtime. You can also view the workday calendar. For training, check your assigned modules and/or search for “Workday” in BuckeyeLearn.

All actions listed below will resume on January 7, in Workday.

Purchasing:

As we continue to prepare for Workday Go Live, please be aware of the upcoming November deadline affecting Procure-to-pay (P2P) users:

11/23/2020    Last day to submit vendor addition and/or update requests to Vendor Maintenance for processing (includes both internal and external vendors). 

The campus and health systems will resume processing new requests January 7, 2021.  During the downtime period, requests for goods and services must be made using existing suppliers.

Beginning October 2nd, all Procurement Agreements that require a signature from Purchasing must be processed through OnBase, the university's contracts and agreements management tool. 

This new process will replace the BF-PUR-Agreements email. However, this email, will still be available for questions.

Your service center contacts will process the procurement agreements in OnBase for you.

Faculty and Staff return-to-campus kits are available for pick-up option

Dates: 9am to 4pm, Monday through Friday

Location: The Schottenstein Center 555 Borror Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43210

                Northeast Rotunda

                (Faculty/Staff are able to park in Northeast Lot)

As part of the safe return to campus, every Staff and Faculty member with a planned return date to campus should receive a return-to-campus kit.  Departments should procure the kits before their Staff and Faculty return to campus, at no cost through eStores.  Please batch your department kits to eliminate extra deliveries on campus. Kits are one per person; student kits are obtained through a separate process.

Staff Return-to-campus kits

OSU Stores  offers COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for your department, available to purchase through eStores. See the full listing on item details and numbers for placing your order.  Delivery is typically within two days.

Accounts Payable has recently updated the following forms from pdf format to Docusign:

• Payment Request Form- for exclusive use by university departments to request and/or initiate payment
• Wire Transfer Request- for exclusive use by university departments to request and/or initiate payment by wire transfer

You can view all Accounts Payable Policies and Forms on their website.