Business and Financial Services

Training Topics

Purchase Order Request – Use this for creating an electronic equivalent of a paper Purchase Order (PO) for items that are not included in any of the available online catalogs.
Types of SmartBuy Plus Catalogs – An overview of the types of catalogs (punchout/hosted/catalog).
Punchout Catalogs – How to shop from the available online catalogs.
Preparing/Submitting Orders On Behalf Of Others – Follow these instructions if you are creating a purchase order or submitting a reimbursement form on behalf of another employee.
View Requisition Status – How to check if your requisition has been approved.
Adding/Sending Attachments to Orders – How to add attachments, such as quotes from vendors, to the order.
Creating Manual POs/Printing POs – Instructions for creating POs you are going to print and give the to vendor.

Direct Pay Invoice Form – Use this form for submitting invoices for payment of goods or services that did not require a SmartBuy Plus purchase order such as subscriptions, conference registrations, postage.
Local Food Vendor Purchase Order – Use this when you need to bring a PO to a local food vendor.
Catering Contract Form – Used to submit all catering contracts.
Dining Hall Meals Form – For Purchasing Meals at the Dining Hall.

Checkout Steps – How to complete the checkout process.
Assigning Accounting Codes – How to assign accounting codes, including splitting codes by line item.