New resources available for buyers on Procurement website

The For Buyers page on our website has been updated to include:

• Things to Consider Before You Make a Purchase
• Procurement Decision Steps – four questions to help you decide how to make a purchase
• What is an I Want Doc? – a description of the four steps in the form
• Choosing a Supplier

A Procurement Quick Guide for Colleges and Administrative Units (PDF, 203 KB) provides this information and more. Thank you to the Buying Manual focus group members for reviewing the Guide!

We recently completed a full year of hosting monthly e-SHOP workshops across campus. These training opportunities were provided in response to feedback received from a survey and focus groups conducted in February 2016. Watch your email for announcements of upcoming e-SHOP training webinars in fiscal year 2018!

In the meantime, get started on placing e-SHOP orders with the one-page e-SHOP Quick Guide (PDF, 206 KB). For more in-depth instruction, see the e-SHOP Reference Guide (PDF, 3.25 MB), which contains step-by-step instructions on topics such as navigating the e-SHOP home page, searching, placing orders, checking order status, creating favorites, completing the KFS requisition, and more. Please check out these and other resources on the e-SHOP Training page.