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RazorBuy. University’s new procurement system. Review and Approval of Purchase Requisitions. Overview of RazorBuy New Roles Approval process – RazorBuy and BASIS Getting Started. RazorBuy Home Page. Shopping Basics Similar experience as online shopping
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RazorBuy University’s new procurement system Review and Approval of Purchase Requisitions
Overview of RazorBuy • New Roles • Approval process – RazorBuy and BASIS • Getting Started
Shopping Basics • Similar experience as online shopping • Consistent shopping across multiple vendors – a single interface • SciQuest loads supplier catalogs (item details and prices) into RazorBuy; all of the information in RazorBuy is specific to us (based upon negotiated or consortium contracts). • Prices are updated as needed – as frequently as monthly • Punch-out and hosted catalogs are available • Option exists to allow users to buy off-catalog Big Picture Reference - SciQuest Focus Group Presentation
System Benefits • Perform flexible searches to locate the item or items you need • Compare prices and item details so that you can select the most appropriate item • Build a shopping cart that contains items from multiple suppliers and categories • Shop by category/commodity OR supplier • Save items as favorites for future shopping • Identify hazardous materials, radioactive, etc. Big Picture (continued) Reference - SciQuest Focus Group Presentation
Shopper – person(s) designated within your department to perform the shopping duties - adding items to a cart. • Requester – person(s) designated within your department to create the purchase requisition. This person may also be a shopper. This person must have a BASIS (Admin) id. New Roles
Requester may combine shopping carts (within the same department) when creating the purchase requisition • RazorBuy allows for multiple vendors on the same purchase requisition • Requester assigns the accounting information - cost center/category updated nightly from BASIS Combining Carts and Vendors
The PR Validation to BASIS is the integration point to export the RazorBuy requisition to BASIS for TARGET approval • Departmental Approval – optional workflow within RazorBuy Example of Workflow
Shop (Shopper) Create Req. (Requester) Login Create PO Transmit PO Approvals Hosted Catalogs Departmental Review (Optional) Send Via: cXML EDI Email Fax Portal Punch-out Catalogs Log In Create Purchase Req RazorBuy BASIS PO Create Custom Forms Additional Approvals: IT, Trademark & Licensing etc. Non-Catalog Items Approved Create PO Create Requisition Target Chain Approvals BASIS Encumber Funds RazorBuy/BASIS Integration Scenario Outbound Sync: Vendors and Accounting Information
Maintaining workflow within RazorBuy • Limitations, such as not being able to manage substitute reviewers (proxies) and alternates • Separating shopper and requester roles • Required requester’s position to be at or above a pay grade 13 • Developing a dollar threshold where certain purchases would not require additional review • Cost centers are not restricted by user or BU • Developing a pre-approved list of cost centers within RazorBuy • Tremendous overhead to maintain • Recording any departmental review within TARGET (i.e. if same person is approving in both places) • All users in RazorBuy would need a BASIS id Workflow options considered, but not chosen
To maintain good internal controls and oversight of departmental funds - the decision has been made to export all RazorBuy requisitions into BASIS to utilize the TARGET routing for approvals. Approval Process
A new TARGET review criterion is being developed to streamline REQT approvals. • Applies to REQT transactions only • New review criterion will have an additional tier for approvals. Designed to assist in streamlining the approval for small dollar purchases. • TARGET policy rules apply New improved process
The immaterial review is broken into two groups – transactions $1,000 or less and those above $1,000 and less than $10,000. • An opportunity to assign different reviewers to each of these groups or leave them the same. Immaterial Review
Allows users to make revisions to the purchase requisition. • Provides more flexibility for setting up substitutes (i.e. proxy). • Permits the lower level review to be performed within RazorBuy. • Allows users to review and approve purchase requisitions via email (the user will enter his/her PIN for identification and security). Advantages of Departmental Review
Workflow will be based upon the BU of each of the cost centers. • User based review • No central administrative approval necessary • Please keep in mind that if a person is designated as a reviewer in RazorBuy and TARGET – that person will have to review/approve in both applications. Departmental Review (optional)
New review groups for REQT (BASIS TARGET) Financial Affairs in consultation with each college/unit will build the new review groups • Departments will be encouraged to • Simplify the new review as much as possible • Utilize the various levels (3 tiers) • Departmental review (RazorBuy) • Consider your options • Consider performing lower level reviews here • Review is user based Information Needed
How to manage RazorBuy users – shoppers, requesters, and departmental reviewers • Departmental Liaison • How to communicate changes, such as terminations, changing positions • BASIS notification • How to request new users Suggestions for managing this information
Shoppers - identify employees/affiliates for this role • Requesters – all UPS users who have logged in recently? Other criteria? Must have a BASIS id • Departmental Review – do you want to use? • New REQT review chains - Company, BU, and cost center based Need your assistance!