Blanket orders are used for transactions that occur very frequently (daily or multiple times a week), have a high variation of product types, have undetermined timing, and are not available in Buckeye Buy.
All FY25 UNIV blanket purchase orders must be issued outside of Buckeye Buy. Requestors should select the “blanket purchase order” requisition type and complete the request per the Create a Blanket Purchase Order job aid found in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC). Please note , the "Request Date" of the requisition should reflect the date the requisition is created and should not be future dated . University funded blanket requisitions should align with the July through June fiscal year calendar.
Monthly service orders (formerly term orders) for uniform service, pest control, office coffee and water service, floor mat replacement, lawn care and snow removal should also be issued on service line blanket requisitions, outside of Buckeye Buy.
Accounts Payable advises users to include the service to be provided and frequency in the description line of the requisition. It will also be helpful to include the expected term agreement details in the memo to supplier field (example, $50.00/month for 12 months).
Reminder: Encumbrances for blanket purchase orders associated with fiscal year 2025 will first post to fiscal year 2024 until a manual job is run at month-end to move the encumbrance into fiscal year 2025. The process will look for any blanket purchase orders created after April 15, 2024 .
A new Internal Order Supplier Invoice Printing job aid (login reqired) has been published in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC). The job aid provides instructions for how Internal Service Providers can print their invoices in Workday to an OSU formatted PDF printed version.
Enhancements to Teams, Outlook, OneDrive and Microsoft Lists will enable you to do more and to improve your workflow when using these tools. Enhancements include a better remote experience when sharing content remotely during Teams meetings, easier access to media in the Microsoft OneDrive for Mobile, the ability to create a form in Microsoft Lists, and more. Read on for more details about upcoming enhancements.
In August 2022 the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) announced a request for proposals (RFP) in search of a media platform for use at Ohio State, and an evaluation committee made up of representatives from across the university assessed and tested the vendors’ media tools. After much consideration, the RFP was awarded to Mediasite.
Data Stewards, security contacts, and administrative system contacts will be receiving an email from Digital Security and Trust – Identity and Access Security Operations with information and instructions on how to verify their area’s Financials, Human Resources, Medical Center Financials, and Student Information System users for the coming year. Your attention regarding this mandated annual activity is very important. The email will be sent during the week of Monday, May 6, 2024 , with a requested deadline to confirm area users by Friday, June 7, 2024 .
OTDI has been running a series of articles encouraging users to do some deep cleaning —spring cleaning—to optimize storage and decrease our overall storage footprint. Retention is one way to effectively use the storage by ensuring we keep university messages as long as required, then discarding them when they are no longer needed.
OTDI’s Learning and Collaborative Environments team has kicked off the process of streamlining OSU meeting room technology. While it will take years to standardize equipment across campus, LCE has created a standard Conference Room technology package to start that process. While this is a long-term goal, having standard equipment in rooms offers many benefits.
On Friday, March 29 , an update will be made to transaction routing for Service Centers. Previously, for individuals assigned both the Rep and Lead security roles (Business Operations Service Center or Grants Operations Service Center) the transaction did not route for an additional approval. Moving forward, this feature will be turned off. If an individual has both security roles (Rep and Lead) the transaction will now route for an additional approval.
Beginning Monday, March 25 , Internal Service Providers can print copies of their Workday invoices into a standard OSU PDF format. Run the new "Internal Order Billing Supplier Invoice Printing" report by entering your supplier and a designated time frame. Once the report renders, click the "Print" button on the left of the screen to print the invoices.
See the full post for more details about recent and upcoming reporting changes, including more specifics about the replacement reports for those being decommissioned on Friday, March 29.
Find Supplier Invoice Details - OSU Enhancements :
The "Find Supplier Invoice Details - OSU" report has been enhanced to include a column on the output of the report for the Unit Cost.
Credit Card Transactions - OSU Enhancements:
The report "Credit Card Transactions - OSU" has been enhanced to include two new columns. The report will now include the "Card Embossed Name" as well as the "Expense Report Approval Date" when applicable.
Enhancement to Asset Reports:
An enhancement has been made to the "OSU - Find Assets" and "Asset Physical Custody" reports. The output of these reports now display the field "Disposal Type" instead of "Disposal Method."
Business Processes Awaiting Action Suite Enhancements:
Two new columns have been added to the output of the "Business Processes Awaiting Action - Details" reports. The new fields include the "Created Date" and the "Total Amount."
Report Retirements:
On Friday, March 29 , the reports "In Progress Business Processes by Cost Center" and "In Progress Business Processes by Cost Center for Company Level Security" will be decommissioned. Specifics about the replacement reports for those being decommissioned are in the full post.
