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May 28, 2021
Purchasing Reminders

Blanket POs

FY21 blanket POs are for goods and services received through June 30, 2021.  At the end of each fiscal year all blanket POs are closed out automatically.  For FY21, blanket POs will be closed on 7/23/21.

May 28, 2021
Grants Reminders

Completed award packages are due for all funds received by Grants & Contracts Accounting by no later than 6/21/2021.  Completed award packages are due for all awards due to Grants & Contracts Accounting for FY21 processing by no later than 7/22/2021.

May 28, 2021
Prepaid Invoices Year-End Information

As we get closer to year-end, please be aware of the following:

May 28, 2021
Summer Full Option Added to ICD

On April 23, 2021, the payroll office sent an email to all authorized Individual Compensation Distribution (ICD) users to announce an enhancement that was made to the ICD system.  ICD now allows users to select summer full on instructional overload, academic term pay, or summer term pay elements that span across both summer 1 and summer 2.  This

May 28, 2021
May 2021 OBI Dashboard Enhancements

On May 4, 2021, the following enhancements were made to finance and human resources dashboards. 

On the Segment Lookup dashboard, detailed explanations of each function were added to the Function lookup page in a new column labeled FNC Long Desc (Function Long Description).  Task Org was added to the Project/Task lookup page. 

May 28, 2021
Oracle E-Business Suite/My Personal Information Upgrade

A mandatory upgrade to the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBIZ), including My Personal Information (MPI), will be performed the first weekend in June.  The upgrade will begin at 6:00 PM on Friday, June 4th and is expected to be completed by 11:59 PM on Sunday, June 6th.  EBIZ and MPI are expected to be unavailable during this entire window.  When this

May 21, 2021
Concur Security Updates

As announced in December, the Concur Mobile App now offers Single Sign On (SSO); therefore, OHIO will be implementing a new sign-on method effective May 24, 2021, after 6 pm.  This SSO enhancement will deliver an improved user experience and a mor

May 7, 2021
Finance Personnel Updates

At the end of February, Rusty Thomas, Purchasing Manager, retired from the University after 30 years of service.  Rusty will be missed but he has a full life waiting for him outside of Ohio University. We wish him all the best!

May 7, 2021
Important Year-End Information

The fiscal year-end is fast approaching. Below are some key dates for processing in the 2021 fiscal year.

May 7, 2021
Processing Invoices/Credit Memos

Did you know that our purchase orders (PO) instruct our suppliers to send their invoices directly to Accounts Payable (accountspayable@ohio.edu)?  If the invoice requires approval before it can be paid (primarily services), the invoice will automatically route through BobcatBUY (BCB) to the PO owner