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 Jim Householder | Sep 11, 2023 | News
Effective September 1, 2023, the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) contract with National Car Rental and Enterprise Rent-A-Car changed. Select features and updates from the new BTAA contract with the car rental companies are noted below: Business use Negotiated rates,...
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,...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Aug 2, 2023 | News
Earlier this summer, Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP), U-M’s designated travel partner, advised the university that the travel industry is experiencing a record number of flight delays and cancellations. By booking flights through CTP, U-M travelers can get...
