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...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Feb 28, 2023 | News
Buying Blue is a new UM-wide initiative from Procurement Services to promote best practices, create efficiencies, and maximize resources on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint, and Michigan Medicine campuses. This innovative outreach approach includes procurement buying...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Feb 28, 2023 | News
On February 27, 2023, Property Disposition launched the Dispo Direct Bids, a new, real-time online auction tool. Dispo Direct Bids—which replaced an email-based, sealed-bid process—variety of benefits to make purchasing items from Property Disposition even easier,...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Feb 28, 2023 | News
Property Disposition will be holding an online vehicle auction beginning Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 9 a.m. The last day to place a bid will be Thursday, March 23, 2023 by 7 p.m. Visit the auctioneer’s website for more information, including photos of the...
