Magnetic Springs Water Company has recently made some adjustments to deliveries due to COVID-19.
Effective today, Magnetic Springs will place all University accounts on a “will call” basis until at least the end of June. What this means is: Magnetic Springs will only deliver to locations that call or email saying that they need water. They will be on campus one day a week, more if needed, to make these deliveries. Magnetic and the University believe this is the best way to continue delivering and keeping employees safe in this time of uncertainty. If you have any...
Many eStores supplier website catalogs offer an option to save frequently purchased items on a shopping list. Saving a list of frequently purchased items for future re-order is a significant time saver.
View and click the links below to visit the supplier website catalogs which include a shopping list function:
Drop-off catering suppliers have requested that customers continue to provide at least 24-hour notice before placing an order in the Catering Marketplace.
Some suppliers have received orders they could not fill because no advance notice of the event was provided. Advance notice is necessary to allow suppliers to adequately plan and schedule multiple events on the same day.
Supplier contact information is available on their individual page within the Catering Marketplace.
eStores is working on an enhancement to the site that will automatically notify suppliers when a drop-off order request is entered on the site, even before...
Amazon Business Account orders: The order entry process for the Amazon Business Account has been modified to require a purchase request number prior to check-out. Amazon Business Account orders will be delivered to Columbus campus locations by Central Receiving. Delivery information for Amazon business account packages is available by tracking number via Central Receiving .
Amazon Personal purchases placed outside of the business account: To prevent delays in delivery of personal orders placed outside of the business account, all users are advised to either update their delivery address information to their direct campus location,...
The Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) browser is the preferred browser to use with eRequest, eStores and eTravel for the most reliable experience.
While users may still prefer and use other browsers such as Google Chrome, keeping IE11 as the primary browser for eRequest, eStores and eTravel use is recommended.
Mac users are advised to use the Safari browser for these applications.
Additional instructions are available on how to configure IE11.
As always, you may contact the IT Service Desk for assistance in setting up IE11 for...
Proforma TCL has recently added OSU sesquicentennial logo products to their eStores catalog. Products are visible under the Showrooms link as displayed below.
PromoProducts1 PromoProducts2 View the Proforma contract page from the Purchasing website for more details on this supplier’s offering in eStores.
The Catering Marketplace supplier website is now available to all Columbus campus eStores users. Because the multi-supplier catalog introduces a significant change in the ordering process for catering services, the existing hosted catalogs for each of the suppliers will also remain in eStores during the pilot period.
University Catering is the only internal supplier included in the catalog. The quote request, review and ordering process for University Catering is the same as all of the external full service caterers. However, the Service Center should choose the internal supplier distribution method when dispatching orders...
The Catering Marketplace supplier website is now available to all Columbus campus eStores users. Because the multi-supplier catalog introduces a significant change in the ordering process for catering services, the existing hosted catalogs for each of the suppliers will also remain in eStores during the pilot period.
The Catering Marketplace is a supplier website in eStores that features 50 catering event suppliers including University Catering.
University Catering is the only internal supplier included in the catalog. The quote request, review and ordering process for University Catering is the same as all of the external...
The eStores service underwent a systems upgraded on Thursday, August 29.
As of Friday, August 30, eStores version 9.1 is available. The enhancements and changes are listed below followed by two screen shots .
improved search algorithms resulting in a tenfold increase in search speed the ability for customers to re-name carts in checkout history a search results page with a cleaner appearance consistent color scheme removal of the thumbnail and list view buttons from the search page Supplier Websites link moved to the top of the initial search page
All catalog Items display a default fulfillment method (delivery or pick-up). Some items are pick-up only. Users should be careful to note this before checking out from the catalog.
Store selection:
All Columbus campus orders should be placed with the Silver Drive location. Other Central Ohio stores are not prepared to receive catalog orders which will affect the processing time.
Order History by individual user
Each catalog user can view their individual order history under the My Account link on the catalog landing page. Click...