These enhancements to the NoPO form will better serve campus users:
Thank you for your feedback and support as we continue to improve UShop!
We are pleased to announce QIAGEN as the newest punch-out supplier in UShop. QIAGEN is a provider of sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, applied testing, academic and pharmaceutical research – the University’s spend in 2015 was $622,321.
QIAGEN is very excited to be partnering with the University of Utah with a catalog offering on UShop. This relationship will allow QIAGEN users at the university easier access to products as well as a more streamlined ordering process, along with preferential pricing and shipping.
Punch-Out Suppliers provide the most efficient procurement processes available to University departments.
All orders for these Punch-Out Suppliers should run through UShop, and should no longer be ordered using a departmental PCard or Reimbursements.
More Punch-Out Suppliers are coming soon!
We are pleased to announce that Sigma-Aldrich, featuring life science technologies and specialty chemicals, is our newest UShop punch-out catalog.
Current year Purchasing Card transactions, for Sigma-Aldrich purchases, total ~$600K, and just over 2,500 transactions. Campus users can now eliminate the need for after-the-purchase reallocation and reconciliation of these transactions!
Campus users who require product information, quotes or general Sigma-Aldrich information, may contact the University’s Sigma-Aldrich sales manager:
Courtney Underhill
314.236.0981
As always, if you have questions about the Sigma-Aldrich punch-out or any other UShop question, you may either call the UShop helpdesk at 801.585.2255, or use our Help Desk Form.
NOTE: UShop now features 15 Punch-Out suppliers, and 2,771 total suppliers.
UShop Renewals have replaced Blanket Orders – View the how-to video here.
Congratulations to Kristy Dawn Green in Contract Administration for submitting Renewals and winning bagels for her office!
Get your Renewals done by Friday, April 22nd to enter our next weekly drawing!
Have questions about your Renewals? Attend one of our open-registration UShop Renewal Workshops:
You may also register for one of our small group, in-person Q&A sessions, here.
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Users can now attend Shopper, Requisitioner and Approver Training without leaving their office!
Online Requisitioner Training consists of 12 short topic-specific videos that go beyond the basics covered in Shopper Training, providing the Requisitioner with a broader understanding of the UShop System. If a Requisitioner is set up as a designated alternate in GFA, orders will auto-approve upon submission, saving approval steps for our departments. These short topic videos are always online if you need to refer back to them.
After completing online training, submit the Online Activation Request for either Shopper or for Requisitioner. You will receive an email indicating your role activation.
Sign up for our UShop Hands-on Help and Q&A workshop.
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Beginning April 5, we are excited to offer an in-person, hands-on “UShop Help and Q&A Workshop” for our users.
This informal session will be open from 1:00-2:30 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There will not be a formal presentation – this session has been set up to provide hands-on support placing real-life orders in UShop – or to assist with NoPO submissions.
Users should have completed Shopper and/or Requisitioner training prior to attending this session.
Here you may get help with questions about:
… and More – we want to answer whatever questions you may have about UShop!
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Would you like to give someone authority to approve in UShop, but not approval for other Financial Transactions? Now you can. Granting Financial Authority has been enhanced with an option to select “UShop Approvals Only” for a designated Alternate.
All the other steps of designating an Alternate are the same other than selecting “UShop Apporvals Only” from the dropdown.
NOTE: The “All Financial Transactions” option includes UShop Approvals, whereas selecting “UShop Apporvals Only” will mean the Alternate will only have UShop approval authority. It the intention is to grant UShop and other financial transactions, then select “All Financial Transactions”
Please ASK US if you have any questions.
We have received many questions from our users wanting to know how to process a return in UShop.
While UShop is a new procure-to-pay system, many things about the procurement process remain the same, such as Returning items purchased. Just as you did before, you need to contact the supplier to arrange for the return.
Please click here to see the FAQ entry for step by step instructions on this subject.
The UShop FAQ page is updated as we receive questions, and is a valuable resource for our users.
Does your department use Proof Requisitions/Blanket Orders?(May also be referred to as Blanket Orders or Maintenance Agreements)
All departments who have typically received Proof Requisitions, will use UShop to setup orders for fiscal year 2017.
Those needing to initiate UShop orders to replace paper-based Proof Requisitions will require UShop access – so they will need to complete required training.
Our training sessions will demonstrate how users will replace Proof Requisitions using the system. We will also be providing one-on-one support, if necessary, to help departments through this transition.
Other paper-based processes will also be migrated to UShop or alternative methods throughout the remainder of 2016. More specific information will be posted and distributed using this blog as each date approaches.
Please share your feedback – we gain important knowledge from our campus users!
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UShop Users:
As part of a campus-wide scheduled outage, UShop will be unavailable from 5:00pm MST on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 to 5:00pm MST on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016.
During this outage you will not be able to access the UShop Marketplace. Please contact the UShop Help Desk with any questions or concerns.
