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Many policies have been updated across Business and Finance, including minor revisions and substantive changes. Some people have reported seeing outdated policy documents due to information being saved in their web browser history. The policies.osu.edu site will show the last edit date of the policies, and the document that you view should have the same revision/edit date (found at the very bottom of the policy).

Two drop-in office hour sessions will be available in July. The sessions will be focused on year-end needs and allow units to stop in if there are questions related to finance or supply chain as we approach year-end close. No formal agenda or material will be presented.

Several enhancements have been applied to the "Find Spend Authorization Summary - OSU" and "Find Spend Authorization Details - OSU" reports to allow greater flexibility and clarification of report fields.  See the summary listed below for changes to each report. 

Find Spend Authorization Summary - OSU: 

Added columns to the report output: 

A searchable listing of contracted suppliers in the Purchasing contract book is now accessible on the login screen to Buckeye Buy.

Suppliers can now be searched by keyword, product category, certifications, and designations such as MBE, EDGE, Buckeye Buy, etc. See screen shots below for a visual preview.

In recognition of recent gasoline price increases, the IRS made this special adjustment for the final six months of 2022.

Expenses related to the tuition assistance benefit for eligible graduate students (graduate fee authorizations or GFA) are posted during the ninth week of the semester. For Summer 2022, expenses will post on Wednesday, July 6. 

This is a reminder that bottled water services should only use the following spend category and commodity code combination.  

Bottled Water Services

• Spend Category: SC10410 – Beverages-nonalcoholic
• Commodity Code: 502022301 – Water

Some requisitions have been submitted that are incorrectly using Spend Category: SC10502 – Utilities-Chilled Water when ordering bottled water is what was intended.

A downloadable Year-end Checklist for Finance and Supply Chain activities is available under the "I want to..." heading found on the Business and Finance website's Controller page.     

Freight charges should not be listed as a line item on the requisition. Freight will be applied to the freight section of the header of the purchase order when the invoice is paid.

Paying freight charges on the header of the purchase order will allow for consistent reporting of freight charges. 

Two Workday reports, “Find Supplier Invoice Requests” and “Find Supplier Invoice Requests - OSU" will be decommissioned on June 30, 2022. These reports are being replaced by two new reports now in production named "Find Supplier Invoice Request (SIR) Summary - OSU"  and "Find Supplier Invoice Request (SIR) Details - OSU."