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Previous Communications

• • Metrics: Fiscal Year 2024 Supplier Diversity Dashboard Update – (10/4/24)
• • Catalog Announcement: Purchase Life Tech products from Fisher Scientific – (9/16/24)
• • Event Announcement: Laboratory Equipment & Supply Expo on Tuesday, October 8 – (9/11/24)
• • New Catalog Announcement: BioLegend – (8/26/24)
• • BU Travel Program: JetBlue Corporate Perks Program – (8/21/24)
• • New Catalog Announcement: Hawk Marketplace Catalog in Guided BUying for gift cards – (8/2/24)
• • Reminder: Order through Supplier Catalogs in Guided BUying – (6/7/24)
• • Reminder: PRs in Composing Status do Not Carry Forward to New Fiscal Year – (6/4/24)
• • Event Announcement: BU Travel Fair Prizes Available for Attendees – (4/22/24)
• • Metrics: First Half FY24 Supplier Diversity Data – (4/1/24)
• • Event Announcement: Boston University Travel Fair on April 23, 2024 – (3/22/24)
• • Announcement: Yankee Line as New Preferred Charter Bus Supplier – (3/18/24)
• • New Catalog Announcement: Bio-Techne, doing business as R&D Systems – (2/27/24)
• • Reminder: Digital Gift Card Ordering Process – (2/26/24)
• • Reminder: Airgas Cylinder Returns & Gas Replenishments – (2/20/24)
• • Gift Card Catalog Reminder: Hawk Marketplace for Digital Gift Cards – (2/15/24)
• • Gift Card Catalog Announcement: Hawk Marketplace with Blackhawk Network – (2/8/24)
• • Alert: Amazon Business Catalog – Product Safety Information – (11/15/23)
• • Metrics: Fiscal Year 2023 Supplier Diversity Spend – (10/11/23)
• • Event Announcement: 2023 Lab Equipment & Supply Expo – (9/7/23)
• • Reminder: PO Closeout Requests – (8/31/23)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Fiscal Year Composing Errors – (7/5/23)
• • Announcement: BU’s Travel Management Company Change – (6/21/23)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Fiscal Year End – (6/20/23)
• • Alert: Unused Travel Tickets – (6/7/23)
• • Alert: Creating Non-Catalog Purchase Requisitions – (5/24/23)
• • Announcement: Christopherson Business Travel as BU’s preferred supplier for business travel management – (5/11/23)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Competitive Bid Policy – (4/25/23)
• • Announcement: Airgas Bulk Pickup Of Empty Cylinders – (4/11/23)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Account Reassignment For Equipment PRs – (3/21/23)
• • New Catalog Announcement: Linde Lab Gas Punch-Out Catalog – (3/15/23)
• • Metrics: Supplier Diversity Dashboard Updated Metrics FY23 – (3/14/23)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Attend Virtual Guided BUying Training – (2/28/23)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Checking Out Via A Catalog & Adding Information To The Header Level – (2/23/23)
• • Announcement: Fairmarkit Pinned Groups for Quick Quotes – (2/23/23)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Signatories, PII, And Attachment Visibility – (2/9/23)
• • Best Practices: Choosing the correct commodity code is essential for oversight and compliance – (12/19/22)
• • Training: Guided BUying Monthly Training Sessions – (12/8/22)
• • Alert: Intersession Procedures for 2022 – (12/8/22)
• • Announcement: Ariba Contract Request Form (CRF) Enhancement For Campus Planning & Operations – (10/17/22)
• • Event Announcement: 2022 Laboratory Equipment & Supply Expo on October 20 – (10/6/22)
• • Metrics: Fiscal Year 2022 Supplier Diversity Dashboard Update – (10/4/22)
• • Announcement: Removal of Purchasing Functions under Procurement Tab in BUworks – (9/23/22)
• • New Catalog Announcement: Linde Lab Gas in Guided BUying – (9/19/22)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Account Assignment Change – (8/24/22)
• • Reminder: Charter Bus Services Must Be On A PO – (8/17/22)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Fiscal Year Composing Error – (7/21/22)
• • Catalog Announcement: EBook Purchasing Now Available Through Amazon Catalog – (7/26/22)
• • Guided BUying Feature Announcement: “PR Interrupt” for diverse supplier bids – Go-Live July 19, 2022 – (7/14/22)
• • Catalog Announcement: SHI Catalog RESTORED – (7/12/22)
• • New Preferred Supplier: Linde Gas & Equipment for Lab Gases – (7/7/22)
• • Catalog Announcement: SHI Catalog OUTAGE – (7/7/22)
• • Coming Soon: “PR Interrupt” to invite diverse suppliers to bid on PRs through Fairmarkit – (6/22/22)
• • Best Practices: Supplier Guide For Invoicing – (6/21/22)
• • Training Reminder: Supplier Diversity Dashboard & Explorer TOMORROW – (4/20/22)
• • Training Announcement: Supplier Explorer by supplier.io Now Available – (4/14/22)
• • Announcement: Launch of Supplier Diversity Dashboard & Supplier Explorer – (4/8/22)
• • Supplier Diversity Announcement: Enhanced Supplier Diversity Program with Supplier Explorer – (4/6/22)
• • Catalog Announcements: New Artcraft Catalog and Catalog Ship-To Restrictions – (3/10/2021)
• • Announcement: Launch of Sustainable Purchasing Program (SPP) to support BU Sustainability’s Zero Waste Plan – (11/18/21)
• • Supplier Policy Update: Amazon Business Approval for Deliveries to Non-BU Addresses – (11/18/21)
• • Supplier Announcement: Amazon Business – How To Purchase Digital Content – (7/30/21)
• • Announcement: FedEx Account Transition – Effective August 1st – (8/1/21)
• • Reminder: Amazon Requisitioners and Administrators Roles – (7/30/21)
• • Announcement: Amazon Requisitioners and Administrators Roles – (7/22/21)
• • New Catalog Feature: Enhanced Amazon Catalog: “Checkout-Based Punchout” – (7/15/21)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Team Buying – (5/20/21)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Ordering Method Matrix – (3/16/21)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: When and How To Place After the Fact Orders– (3/4/21)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Engaging a Consultant; Registering a Supplier & Having Contract Signed; Shipping to a Non-BU Delivery Address – (2/17/21)
• • Guided BUying System Updates: PR Title, Order Type, Accounting Summary – (2/3/21)
• • Guided BUying Training: Register Now for February 2021 Trainings – (1/28/21)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Amazon Business, Shipping, and Canceling vs. Closing a PO) – (1/26/21)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Ordering Method Matrix, Disbursement Process, and Searching for Suppliers – (1/14/21)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: ATF Orders, Adding Attachments for Suppliers, and PR Title – (12/15/20)
• • New Catalog Announcement: SHI Apple Catalog Now LIVE – (12/11/20)
• • Reminder: SHI Apple Catalog COMING SOON – (12/4/20)
• • Announcement: Creating a PR for Moveable Capital Equipment – (11/19/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Ariba Email Notifications; Adding Attachments, Adding Approvers & Watchers to a PR; Attend Training – (11/18/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Amount Based POs and BPOs – (11/12/20)
• • New Catalog Announcement: SHI Apple Catalog COMING SOON – (10/29/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Process to Register a Supplier and Have a Contract Signed: CRF – (10/22/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Shipping to a BU Delivery Address and Managing Submitted Requests – (10/20/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Closing vs. Canceling a PO – (10/15/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints Supplier Invoicing – BU Standard Account Invoice via PO – (9/30/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Personal Profile, Shipping to a Non-BU Delivery Address, and Shipping to a BU Delivery Address) – (9/21/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Amount Based Non-Catalog PRs, Attachments on Catalog PRs, Supplier Request Form, Designating a Non-Catalog Request as Amount Based or Standard, and September Training – (9/3/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints Setting Shipping Address, Viewing PRs and POs, and Requesting on Behalf Of – (8/31/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Requesting to Register New Suppliers, Updating Supplier Registrations, Delegating Authority, and Adding Approvers & Watchers – (8/25/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Searching for Suppliers and Ordering Method Matrix – (8/20/20)
• • Training: Fairmarkit Quick Quoting Tool – (8/17/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Non-Catalog PR Replacing Ad Hoc Requests, Updating Account Assignment to IO, and Editing & Resubmitting Denied PRs – (8/14/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: (Approval Workflow, Ad Hoc Requests, Saving PRs, and Supplier Invoices – (8/11/20)
• • Metrics: BW Reporting – (8/6/20)
• • Guided BUying Helpful Hints: Adding Multiple Suppliers to a PR, Searching for Registered Suppliers (Catalog and Ad Hoc Request) – (8/4/20)
• • Training Announcement: Sign Up for August Guided BUying Training (PRs and Approvals, Invoice Approvals & Exceptions) – (7/31/20)
• • Training: Guided BUying Go-Live – (7/23/20)
• • Training: Guided BUying Training: Sign Up! PRs and Approvals, Requisitioner Invoice Approvals & Exceptions – (7/8/20)
• • Guided BUying Training: Dates and Frequently Asked Questions – (6/29/20)
• • Announcement: Transition to SAP Ariba Guided BUying – Best Practices – (6/19/20)
• • System Announcement: Highlights – SAP Ariba Guided BUying for Invoicing Highlights – (6/11/20)
• • Announcement: New Procurement System Coming Soon! – (2/12/20)
• • Announcement: UPGRADE of Existing Procurement System in Spring 2020 – (12/6/19)