Resource Management -- About Us
Resource Management -- About Us |
 | Welcome to Resource Management. Resource Management is the umbrella unit under which the following departments reside: Purchasing Services Furniture & Design Services Mail Services Read the recent issue of E-Access! Are you interested in becoming a Preferred Supplier with Washington University? We invite you to see what we're all about by visiting our Supplier Welcome Page. An efficient time-saving electronic purchasing program is coming to Washington University! Washington University has contracted with SciQuest, the leading provider of electronic procurement solutions for higher education. SciQuest, the choice of more than 65% of the top U.S. research institutions, will provide:
The program will be customized to interface with FIS. Our current business rules and budget controls will remain in place. In order to meet a planned launch by summer of 2008, a project focus group has been assembled and first met in late January where they provided input regarding requirements when dealing with procurement issues. This group will reconvene in early March to review the progress of program development. The plan is to implement the Marketplace platform with a series of pilot departments in June. Full implementation is planned to begin in August. Additional information will follow but should you have any questions at this time, please contact Greg Mosley at 935-5927 There are several open house informational sessions scheduled to learn more about the new Electronic Purchasing System coming to Washington University. This program provides a web-based requisitioning tool driven by electronic catalogs and a shopping-cart environment. We encourage key end-users (those that create purchase requisitions) and others involved in the procurement process to drop by at their convenience to learn more about this exciting new program. These sessions will be conducted on the following days and times: Danforth Campus Check back as additional locations may be added. Medical School additional dates may be added |
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