Business Matters

As a reminder, the JET webpage is a great resource for all things JET, including guidelines for selecting journal categories and writing journal short descriptions, journal header long descriptions and line descriptions.

Bobcat BUY has upgraded its document (requisitions, Purchase Orders, and invoices) search feature to be more user friendly and “elastic”, meaning a faster search experience with more options to search and export.  This update was made on Monday, November 9, in Bobcat BUY as part of the 20.3 release up

Finance has seen an uptick in the number of new/updated supplier paperwork (Supplier/Payee Information Form or SPIF and the W-9) needing to be returned to due to incomplete information. 

OIT has moved our Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) purchasing data to a data warehouse which allows us greater flexibility in creating more robust reports.  As a result of this change, we are in the process of making enhancements to our PO Summaryand Paymentsdashboards.  The

Ohio University is committed to the responsible use of public funds and as such is providing guidance on holiday expenditures as follows:

In July 2, 2020 Business Matters , in state travel restrictions were lifted and all other travel must be approved using the exception process outlined in the article.

All employees (including students) that handle payments must complete the Cash Handling & Credit Card Security Awareness training annually to stay up to date on all requirements.   &

Ohio University is required to document procedures and maintain supporting documentation for the distribution  of an individual’s effort to sponsored agreements in accordance with federal regulations as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Princip