by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 12, 2024 | News
Procurement Services has awarded University-Wide Agreements for secure document storage and records management services to Vital Records Holding DBA VRC (new agreement), and Iron Mountain (renewed agreement). These suppliers were selected after an in-depth evaluation...
by Ashley Torres | Nov 11, 2024 | News
Adam Mosley, technology clerk, joined the Property Disposition Team in October. Adam comes to us from Shar Music, where he was a returns coordinator. Adam graduated from Belmont University with a bachelor’s degree in music. Shweta Upganlawar, intern, joined the...
by Ashley Torres | Nov 11, 2024 | News
Earlier this month, U-M welcomed procurement leaders from the 18-member Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) to Ann Arbor for a four-day conference. The event, which ran from October 6 to 9, included representatives from new BTAA members Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington,...
by Ashley Torres | Nov 11, 2024 | News
In recognition of Veterans Day, Procurement Services is highlighting veteran-owned suppliers that do business with U-M and our employees who served in the military. Veteran-owned businesses not only offer valuable products and services to our community, but also...
by Ashley Torres | Nov 5, 2024 | News
Beginning November 20, local businesses can attend a virtual four-part training program that was specifically developed to provide guidance on joining the U-M supplier community. The university purchases a diverse range of goods and services to support its missions...
by Ashley Torres | Oct 30, 2024 | News
Nearly 500 people attended the latest Buying Blue Community of Practice webinar to learn more about the following topics: The Procurement Optimization Program. Trip—U-M’s new travel & expense AI assistant that recently launched on the Travel webpage. Chrome...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Oct 22, 2024 | News
As a part of our ongoing effort to make purchasing goods and services easier and faster for the U-M community, we’re improving the user experience in Jaggaer (M-Marketsite), the university’s procure-to-pay system. This initiative is one component of the Procurement...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Oct 9, 2024 | News
Procurement Services Social Impact team is pleased to announce the launch of a new Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for the U-M buying community, Supplier.io’s Supplier Explorer portal. With over 6 million diverse and sustainable suppliers, and the most accurate...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Sep 11, 2024 | News
Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your support during our recent transition from Concur to Chrome River. Below is some important information about the upcoming retirement of Concur and a number of new resources to help you use Chrome River more efficiently: Retiring...
by Ashley Torres | Sep 11, 2024 | News
Ali Alrubaiee, AI application developer, joined the Procurement Services Business Enablement Team in May. Ali comes to us from U-M’s Information Technology Services Department, where he worked in Identity and Access Management. Ali graduated from U-M with a bachelor’s...