by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 3, 2023 | News
Over 400 people attended the latest Buying Blue Community of Practice webinar in late October to hear presentations on the following topics: U-M’s upcoming bid threshold change and how Procurement Services is beginning to transform its teams, processes, and...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Oct 26, 2023 | News
On October 23, 2023, the U.S. State Department issued a Worldwide Caution, due to increased tensions in various locations around the world. The advisory states there is a potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Oct 4, 2023 | News
The Fly America Act requires that flights purchased with federal funds be flown with a “U.S. flag” air carrier service. One of the benefits of booking in Lightning is that flights that are allowable under the Fly America Act have an icon to indicate they...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Oct 3, 2023 | News
Two different travel authorizations will soon be required for travelers—who do not need a visa—to travel to select European countries. 1. European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) Travel Authorization Starting in 2025*, U.S. passport holders—along...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Sep 29, 2023 | News
Beginning 10/02/2023, Concur will update the visual theme of the signed-in web experience for SAP Concur and the mobile app. The new SAP Fiori® with Horizon visual design theme will include improved design consistency, light mode, dark mode, and high contrast theme...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Sep 6, 2023 | News
Effective July 1, Procurement Services and the Shared Services Center (SSC) partnered to provide end-to-end support for purchasing-related activities at UM-Flint. Planning for the transition began this past spring and involved close collaboration between...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Sep 6, 2023 | News
The Concur approval workflow has a set deadline of seven days. If a Concur expense report does not receive approval within this timeframe, the system will return the report to employees. Employees will receive a message notifying them that their expense report has...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Sep 6, 2023 | News
Lisa Koors, PCard coordinator, joined the PCard team in July. Lisa comes to us from Northern Kentucky University’s Procurement Department where she was a buyer/PCard coordinator and—before that—Procter & Gamble, where she worked with its corporate card...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Aug 28, 2023 | News
UPDATE 8/30/23 10:30 am: Procurement Services systems are beginning to come back online As ITS continues to work to resolve the U-M network outage issue, Procurement Services systems are beginning to come back online. Users should use normal procedures for all...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Aug 2, 2023 | News
Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP)—U-M’s designated travel partner—was able to obtain a refund of nearly $100,000 for over 200 eligible unused ticket credits from Delta and United Airlines. These ticket credits are from flights originally booked with Conlin Travel,...
