Sourcing News
Click on the categories below for links to past Sourcing News articles.
SAP Information and Walkthroughs
SAP SRM – Sourcing & Procurement Workshops – Click here
SAP SRM – Out of Office – How to Create a Substitution Rule – Click here
SAP SRM – Completing Shopping Carts for Meetings & Events – Click here
SAP SRM – How to Process a Shopping Cart Rejection or Inquiry – Click here
SAP SRM – How to Assign a Delivery Address to a Shopping Cart (Single Line Item) – Click here
SAP SRM – How to Assign a Delivery Address to a Shopping Cart (Multiple Line Items) – Click here
SAP SRM – How to Create a Personalization for Account Assignment – Click here
SAP SRM – How to Create a Personalization – Delivery Address – Click here
SAP SRM – Changes to the “Active Query” section of the Procurement tab – Click here
SAP SRM – What is a Purchasing Document Life Cycle Report in BW? – Click here
How to Create a Standing Limit Order – Click here
Keeping Track of Shopping Carts – Click here
Utilizing Templates in SAP – Click here
How to Buy Smarter with SAP SRM – Click here
Business Services
Online Booking for Travel Made Easy With Concur Travel (formerly known as Cliqbook) – Click here
Booking travel for Groups can be painless if you use BCD Travel! – Click here
Creating Internal Service Requests for travel in SAP – Click here
Marriott Discounted Hotel Rates in NYC & Washington, DC – Click here
A Note on Independent Contractors – Click here
Facilities & Site Services
Recycled Toner and Ink Cartridge Initiative with Office Depot – Click here
Office Depot Smart Carts – Click here
SAP SRM – How to buy from the BU Book Store – Click here
Who Will You Be Sitting Next To? – Click here
Information Technology
SAP SRM – Apple and Lenovo Catalogs added to the Terrier Marketplace – Click here
Don’t Take IT Personally (9 Reasons to Not Source with a Personal Credit Card) – Click here
Toner Scam – Click here
Boston University Chooses PC Vendor – Click here
Spring 2011 Apple bulk buy initiative – Click here
Lab Supplies & Services
Reduce the Cost of Maintenance for Your Lab Equipment – Click here
Working Hard for You! – Click here
Ordering, Shipping and Receiving Radioactive Materials – Click here
The Boston University Fisher Scientific Team – Click here
New Contract Awarded to Thorlabs – Click here
New Scientific Agreements – Click here
Supplier Promotions
Miscellaneous
Review and Approval of Purchasing Card Expenses – Click here
Boston University Recognized for Supplier Diversity – Click here
New Employees in Sourcing & Procurement – Click here
Invoice Management – Click here
Steps to becoming a registered supplier at Boston University – Click here
Items not to be purchased using the PCard – Click here
Utilizing State Tax Exemption with the PCard – Click here