CUSTOMER FORUMS
Customer Forum Calendar 2008
The next round of Procurement Services Customer Forums will be held in May and June 2008 (see below for the schedule). The Fall 2008 forums are tentatively scheduled for September and October 2008. Visit this page to check for information on future forum dates, times, and locations.
Spring 2008 Procurement Services Customer Forums
The Spring 2008 Procurement Services Customer Forums will be held in May and June 2008. Registration is not required.
Agenda topics include:
- OfficeMax Fuel Surcharge Avoidance Initiative and “Greener” Procurement
- Procurement Customer Education
- How to Buy Furniture
- eSettlement Project Update
Forum content presentation will be available here on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.
We invite you to attend one of the following sessions:
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 (North Campus)
9:30 – 11:00am
Johnson Room, Lurie Engineering
Thursday, May 29, 2008 (University Hospital)
9:30am – 11:00am
Ford Auditorium
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 (Central Campus)
9:30am – 11:00am
Rackham Amphitheater
Thursday, June 5, 2008 (Medical Campus)
1:30 – 3:00pm
North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
Friday, June 6, 2008 (Dearborn Campus)
9:30am – 11:00am
Kochoff Hall
Note: The Date/Time/Location for the Flint Campus Forum are TBD. Periodically check here for updates.
Please contact Lyn Fyfe at lynfyfe@umich.edu if you have questions. Thank you.
February-March 2008 Customer Forum
Click here to view the presentation on:
- P-Card Exception Based Audit Process
- P-Card Approver Training
- New eLearning Course: Fundamentals of Procurement
- Update on Travel and Expense
- eSettlement
November-December 2007 Customer Forum
Click here to view the presentation on:
- Procurement Services and PeoplePay
- Accounts Payable Update
- Strategic Offset Print Program
- M-marketsite New Functionality: “Assign-a-Cart”
- Fisher Scientific “My Quotes”
May 2007 Customer Forum
Click here to view the presentation on:
- P-Card Update – Jene’ Janich (15 minutes)
- Print, Copy, Mail Services Update – Tom Forest (15 minutes)
- How to Buy Computer Hardware and Software – Ian Pepper and Steve Worden (15 minutes)
- Conflict of Interest Procurement Policy – Colin Anderson and Michael Counts (15 minutes)
- Q&A (30 minutes)
Click here for May 2007 forum handouts.
January-February 2007 Customer Forum
Click here to view the presentation on:
- Overview of Procurement Services Organization
- Introduction of the Procurement Services Core Managers
- Demonstration of New Web Site
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