The Mini Storeroom will close permanently on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. There will be no departmental deliveries after this date.

Effective Oct. 8, 2018, Staples deliveries will come directly from Staples to the address specified on the order. All orders placed with Staples via ePro will be delivered by Staples personnel, and Central Receiving will no longer be involved with the delivery of Staples orders. Staples has been preparing for this change for several months, so we expect the change to be seamless for campus customers.

Due to the impacts of Hurricane Florence on Staples distribution network, there will likely be three-day hub delays for all orders processed over the next several days. That means orders placed on today, Sept. 17 might not be received until Thursday/Friday, Sept. 20-21. Lumberton, Fayetteville and Wilmington Staples hubs are the hardest hit but the Staples team is working to divert product and minimize impact. That said, in many areas, road conditions and standing water are preventing timely deliveries.

Due to pending weather conditions and suspended university operations, Airgas, ARC-3 and Staples will not be making the usual deliveries on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 13-14. Normal operations should resume Monday, Sept. 17, weather permitting.

Starting immediately, the University requires all new campus vendors to complete appropriate business forms to conduct business with Carolina. This change also applies to vendor modification requests such as address updates.

Beginning July 23, we request that departments pay for their water bottle orders via P-Card and reconcile electronically.

To: University Business Managers Research Administration Support Group (RASG) From: Travis Henderson, Director, Procurement Services and Materials Management I am pleased to announce that effective Tuesday, May 1, Arc3 Gases will be available via the vendor catalog (ePro) page of ConnectCarolina. Arc3 … Continued

Procurement Services is announcing several minor organizational changes to strategically align existing resources, consolidate related activities and ensure a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement. Effective immediately, Procurement Services will consist of four functional units: Purchasing Services, eProcurement and Materials Management, Accounts Payable and Travel Services, and Procurement Services Operations.

On January 29, The News & Observer published an article about Appalachian State University’s financial loss caused by scammers who falsified vendor banking information in a money laundering scheme: http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/NewsAndObserver/default.aspx

To tighten our own policies, Finance Procedure 1218.1, Determining Vendor Documentation, has been updated to include how changes to vendor bank accounts should be reported to Disbursement Services through Campus Vendor.