by Kateri Eisenhut | Jun 6, 2023 | News
We welcome you to join the U-M Travel Program’s new Slack channel and sign up for our new bi-monthly newsletter to keep up on all things related to U-M travel. The new Slack channel, #travel-program, will share a variety of travel-related content, including program...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Jun 6, 2023 | News
Procurement Services implemented a U-M Travel Card as a subset of the current PCard program. The Travel Card is restricted to travel merchants only and is for employees who travel but do not make any other business purchases for their department. The Travel Card can...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Jun 6, 2023 | News
Procurement Services is excited to introduce our newest team members! Molly Suliman, administrative program coordinator, joined the Space Analysis & Property Control Team in May. She comes to us from the U-M Tech Shop. Molly graduated from the University of Toledo...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Jun 2, 2023 | News
The Central Travel Account (CTA) virtual card payment method was recently launched for airfare transactions and associated booking fees. The CTA is a virtual credit card that is available to all U-M employees and is automatically populated as the payment method when...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Jun 2, 2023 | News
Property Control is responsible for ensuring an accurate inventory of U-M’s capital equipment. Capital equipment is defined as any equipment with an original cost of $5,000 or more and a useful life of one year or more. Last summer, Property Control and Financial...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Jun 2, 2023 | News
Procurement Services recently launched Buying Blue, a UM-wide initiative to promote best practices, create efficiencies, and maximize resources across the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint, and Michigan Medicine campuses. As part of the initiative, the group held its first...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Apr 14, 2023 | News
The first Buying Blue Community of Practice event took place virtually on April 14, 2023 with more than 600 people in attendance from across all three campuses and Michigan Medicine. Attendees had the chance to hear from Brian Smith, associate vice president for...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Mar 22, 2023 | News
We’re pleased to announce the launch of Buying Blue, a new UM-wide initiative to promote best practices, create efficiencies, and maximize resources on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint, and Michigan Medicine campuses. As part of this initiative, we invite you to join a...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Mar 21, 2023 | News
A per diem is a daily meal allowance for a single university employee when traveling for university business. The per diem amount is based on GSA rates for the travel location and is automatically calculated by Concur when claiming the per diem on an expense report....
by Kateri Eisenhut | Mar 7, 2023 | News
Join representatives from U-M’s new designated travel partner, Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP), and members of the U-M Travel Program Team at a series of weekly office hours this month to learn more about travel booking at the university. The office hours, which are...
