{"id":343,"date":"2017-01-13T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T23:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/?p=343"},"modified":"2017-01-13T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T23:25:35","slug":"apple-ushop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/news\/2017\/01\/13\/apple-ushop\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple &#038; UShop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/download\/ushop\/apple-logo.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/>A primary objective of the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) project is to increase efficiency and savings by leveraging contracts whenever possible. Campus departments have asked if and when Apple will be enabled as a supplier in UShop. The University has an existing contract with Apple which is administered by the Campus Store and purchases made through this contract provide many advantages to our\u00a0departments, and the University overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Due to the benefits of this contract, all Apple computer purchases should be placed with the Campus Store, and Apple will not be enabled as a supplier in UShop at this time.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As an Apple Authorized Campus Store Plus reseller, the University Campus Store is able to provide departments with the following benefits;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Product Availability<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The Campus Store receives all new product releases at the same time as the Apple Retail Store, and orders are placed in advance of the scheduled release date to ensure product availability on launch, the same as the Apple Store.\u00a0An example of this would be when the new iPad Pro\u2019s were released recently. Also, we recently saw that the Campus Store had <b><i>more<\/i><\/b> product availability on Apple pencils and Keyboards for the new iPad Pro\u2019s than the Apple Store.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Discounted Pricing<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Apple product pricing is the same, or better than, the Apple Store.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Additionally, the Campus Store works with departments to try and obtain extra discounts for departmental sales, and sometimes Apple offers additional discounts that the Apple Store cannot offer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">When Apple announces new products the Campus Store is able to discount product as much as $300, something the Apple Store cannot offer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By coordinating with Apple on large campus-wide orders, the Campus Store is \u00a0able to pass on any savings and allow you to use your chartfields or P-Cards &#8211; both methods\u00a0simplify your purchase options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Customer Service<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">A commitment to provide a two-hour turnaround time for any quotes or sales orders<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Product delivered directly to your\u00a0department<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Campus Store also offers DEP (Device Enrollment Program), which provides a fast, streamlined way to deploy your corporate-owned\u00a0 Mac or iOS devices with zero-touch configuration for IT, streamlined setup and wireless supervision.\u00a0Contact Derek Walton for more information about DEP.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">You can contact our Apple specialists with any questions and to place your orders:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aubrie Anderson\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apple\u00a0Inside Sales Specialist<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:aanderson@campusstore.utah.edu\">aanderson@campusstore.utah.edu<\/a><br \/>\n801-585-5541<\/p>\n<p>Derek Walton\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apple Outside Sales Specialist<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dwalton@campusstore.utah.edu\">dwalton@campusstore.utah.edu<\/a><br \/>\n801-585-6177<\/p>\n<p>Alex Parra\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apple Order Expeditor<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:aparra@campusstore.utah.edu\">aparra@campusstore.utah.edu<\/a><br \/>\n801-581-3835<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A primary objective of the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) project is to increase efficiency and savings by leveraging contracts whenever possible. Campus departments have asked if and when Apple will be enabled as a supplier in UShop. The University has an existing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/news\/2017\/01\/13\/apple-ushop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,7],"tags":[26,27],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.admin.utah.edu\/p2p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}