In early 2021, Brown Enterprise Solutions (BES) will replace Office Depot as the preferred supplier of office supplies at Ohio University. The Inter-University Council of Ohio (IUC) voted to adopt BES as the preferred supplier in the fall and OHIO will take part in the contract, making this catalog available in early 2021. When this new catalo
As we begin the new calendar year, we wanted to communicate again, the process that must be followed before purchasing software. Most software vendors require the customer accept certain terms and conditions in order to use the software.
As communicated in the November Business Matters publication, enhancements to the PO Summary and Payments dashboards have been underway. Those enhancements were deployed on December 8, 2020. Changes include improved drilldown features that match the style of the drilldowns used in
The SAP Concur mobile app is a simple, secure tool that lets you manage your expenses and travel right from your smartphone. By using this app, you can book and manage itineraries, capture and track mileage, record receipts, and create, submit, and approve expense reports. The app is available for download
As a reminder, the JET webpage is a great resource for all things JET, including guidelines for selecting journal categories and writing journal short descriptions, journal header long descriptions and line descriptions.
BobcatBUY has upgraded its document (requisitions, Purchase Orders, and invoices) search feature to be more user friendly and “elastic”, meaning a faster search experience with more options to search and export. This update was made on Monday, November 9, in BobcatBUY as part of the 20.3 release upgrade
As we communicated in the October and November Business Matters newsletters, it is important for you to plan for Winter Break Closure (WBC) now.
Finance has seen an uptick in the number of new/updated supplier paperwork (Supplier/Payee Information Form or SPIF and the W-9) needing to be returned to due to incomplete information.
OIT has moved our Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) purchasing data to a data warehouse which allows us greater flexibility in creating more robust reports. As a result of this change, we are in the process of making enhancements to our PO Summary and Payments dashboards. These dashboa
Ohio University is committed to the responsible use of public funds and as such is providing guidance on holiday expenditures as follows: