{"id":46261,"date":"2011-06-08T12:57:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T16:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=46261"},"modified":"2020-08-03T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T13:42:08","slug":"procurement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/admin\/fin-hr-proc\/procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"BUworks Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Faculty, Researchers, Staff &#8211; Based on business role<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>No charge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/tech\/support\/mybuworks\">MyBUworks Online Help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"FAQs\" href=\"\/tech\/support\/mybuworks\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href='\/mybuworks' class='btn btn-orange btn-more'>Log in to MyBUworks<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">BUworks Procurement integrates the University\u2019s procurement processes providing purchasing services to employees (known as Guided BUying), enabling them to procure goods and services to support the University\u2019s business while monitoring spend versus the budget. BUworks Procurement also provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sourcing\/\">Sourcing and Procurement<\/a>\u00a0with the tools required to manage the procurement processes and better manage spending across the University.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">Enables employees to track purchases and associated budgetary commitments from creation of the initial requisition all the way through to invoice and payment. Other benefits include upstream supplier support for supplier management, strategic sourcing and contract management as well as downstream support for buying and supplier invoice management.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Requisition creation managed with Guided BUying<\/li>\n<li>Online supplier catalogs with contract pricing to control spend<\/li>\n<li>Requisition approval rules<\/li>\n<li>Auto create purchase orders &amp; transmit to supplier<\/li>\n<li>Invoice receipt through network<\/li>\n<li>Reconciliation and invoice payment<\/li>\n<li>Allowing payment within terms realizing discounts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">This service normally will be available 24\/7 except for standard change windows, as described in <a href=\"\/tech\/about\/service\/change\/\">IS&amp;T\u2019s standard policies, procedures, and schedules for making changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">Approved University shopper access. If access is needed, <a href=\"\/tech\/support\/information-security\/docs\/dsaanddatatrustee\/\">contact your DSA.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/admin\/fin-hr-proc\/requirements\/\">Browser and System Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Review <a title=\"FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sourcing\/files\/2020\/07\/Guided-BUying-Purchase-Requisition-and-Approval-Training-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Procurement Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sourcing\/guided-buying-training\/\">Procurement Training and Help Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Log in to <a title=\"MyBUworks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mybuworks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyBUworks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you have questions at any time:\n<ul>\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sourcing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Procurement Online Help<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact the <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/bu.service-now.com\/fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Financial Affairs Service Portal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUworks Procurement integrates the University\u2019s procurement processes providing purchasing services to employees, enabling them to procure goods and services to support the University\u2019s business while monitoring spend versus the budget&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1356,"featured_media":0,"parent":45974,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46261"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129913,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46261\/revisions\/129913"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}