Tagged: Supply Chain

During the week of September 9, Ohio State will start utilizing the auto-close functionality provided by Workday for university purchase orders for goods. When a university purchase order for goods meets the criteria listed below, they will automatically close.

A new university-wide contract for Entertainment Services was recently awarded to nine suppliers. The Sourcing Team pre-negotiated rates, discounts, and terms with suppliers for use by Ohio State as part of a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP).

Awarded Supplier List:

During the evening of Thursday, August 29, enhancements will be made to the internal order billing process to allow for negative invoice line amounts. Currently, refunds/credits to customers can only be accomplished using a cost center journal. Negative invoicing will replace cost center journals as the standard practice for issuing refunds/credits to customers.

A new Inbox Filter for Workday was created August 7 for use on supplier invoice requests, specifically within the CCH7 cost center hierarchy. This supplier invoice request lookup is tied to the requisition line and requisition line distribution business objects.

By the end of August, enhancements will be made to the internal order billing process to allow for negative invoice line amounts. Currently, refunds/credits to customers can only be accomplished using a cost center journal. Please note that due to a Workday constraint, the negative invoices will only get picked up for settlement once there is an overall positive total invoice amount for that internal supplier ID. Service line invoices will have to be refunded with negative service lines, and goods lines will have to be refunded with a negative goods line amount, including the quantity.

There is a new Supplier Invoice Request course available in BuckeyeLearn that instructs users on how to create a Supplier Invoice Request. This 20-minute course reviews the Supplier Invoice Request process.

Enhancements have been made to the "Find Requisition Summary - OSU" and "Business Processes Awaiting Action - Requisition Detail" reports. New report fields that have been added to the output of each report are specific to requisitions with new supplier registrations. The new fields include those listed below.

• Date First Email was Sent to Supplier
• Date Second Email was Sent to Supplier
• Date Application was Received from Supplier

A new Supplier Invoice Business Process for Capital Expenses job aid (login required) has been published in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC) for University Company users. It provides instructions for how to determine if a supplier invoice will be capitalized and to what ledger account it will post.

The go-live date for matching validation rules on the entry of internal supplier invoices has been paused. Initial go-live was to occur after FY24 year end. The original details shared earlier are listed below.

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The new validation rules will have the requirements listed below. 

• Invoices will need to match purchase order unit cost lines to ensure rates are accurate and agree to what was approved on the PO. 

As of Friday, May 31, all internal supplier invoices tied to a blanket purchase order and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) Grant Hierarchy will route to the Grants Shared Service Center for review. This review is to help ensure that grants are charged only approved internal billing rates, comply with the grant agreement, and have appropriate supporting documentation. If there is not adequate detail to support the charges, the Grants Shared Service Center will be sending back the transactions.