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Enhancements have been added to the output of both the "Business Process Approval Times – Miscellaneous Payment Request Detail" and the "Business Process Approval Times – Miscellaneous Payment Request Summary" reports. The enhancements include a new column on the output of each report to display the approval time for the workflow step “Accountant OSP.” This approval step will be added into the Miscellaneous Payment Request workflow as a part of the petty cash project.

A new university wide contract, Drop-off Catering services, was recently awarded to 18 suppliers by the Sourcing Team offering an array of foods available in Buckeye Buy.

The awarded suppliers were vetted for catering services including:

New charter bus services contracts have been awarded through a competitive bid process. These contracts are available in Buckeye Buy Marketplace Quotes for university-wide use and are primarily intended for trips originating within Ohio.

The order of preference for securing chartered transportation services is listed below.

1. OSU TTM (Internal provider)
2. Contracted Bus Companies: Miller, Cardinal, Baron’s
3. Contracted Broker: STM
4. Non-contracted providers

As previously communicated in October, Cost Center Managers were encountering an error when completing Period Activity Pay (PAP), within the Hire process, when the proposed Cost Center was not their Cost Center.

The workaround was to cancel the PAP and then initiate as a stand-alone process that would clear the error. Workday released a fix for this issue during the weekend of December 16 and now the step is working appropriately.

The Big Ten Academic Alliance is collaborating to celebrate Love Data Week. The international Love Data Week event is a means of celebrating “all things data” and seeks to bring people together to share their data experiences, learn data visualization best practices, and have fun during the process. Please reach out to Ohio State’s coordinator for Love Data Week, Maureen Henry, with questions.

A new catalog from life sciences supplier Takara Bio USA is available in the supplier website section of Buckeye Buy for university users. See the Business and Finance Takara Bio USA catalog page for more information on Ohio State's contract with this supplier.

The existing hosted catalog from Takara BIO USA will be removed at the close of business on Friday, January 5. Contact the Marketplace Team with catalog or order placement questions.

Update: This maintenance was postponed from its original date and rescheduled for January 28.

From 12 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday, January 28, PeopleSoft Buckeye Link (Campus Solutions/Student Information System) services will be unavailable including:

• Student Center functions accessed through Buckeye Link
• Faculty Center
• Grad Forms
• Grad Recommendation
• Curriculum

The Ohio State App (mobile) will not be affected by the downtime.

Some Supplier Invoice and Supplier Invoice Requests enhancements will be moved to production the week of Monday, December 18.

Notification Updates for Supplier Invoice Requests: 

Effective January 1, 2024, the mileage reimbursement rate will increase from 65.5 cents per mile to 67 cents per mile for all business miles driven from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

Contact the Travel Office with questions at travel@osu.edu or 614-292-9290.

Business Process Approval Times - Supplier Invoice Request Reporting Enhancements: