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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

TOPIC: Purchase Limits

• Do I have to call Purchasing for an OK on every confirming order?
• What is the limit a department can spend on its own?
• Can Purchasing "pre-approve" confirming orders over the department's maximum spending limit?
• Can department personnel sign a contract, such as a maintenance agreement?
• Can Purchasing "pre-approve" confirming orders over the department's maximum spending limit?

TOPIC: How To's

• Purchase Requisitions: How do I change a budget number or an object code after the requisition has been assigned to a Buyer?
• Purchase Requisitions: How do I know which object code to use when I enter a purchase request?
• Purchase Requisitions: Why are some of my orders rejected by EIO or C&C?
• Purchase Requisitions: Why is my order "waiting for attachments" and not being assigned to a Buyer?
• How do I use petty cash?

TOPIC: Vendor Payments

• When is Purchasing going to pay the invoice?
• My supplier says that they will only do business with us if we pay them in advance. Why can't the University pay in advance?

TOPIC: Attachments

• What is an attachment?
• Where do I send the attachments (and why)?

Confused by the Jargon?

• Purchasing/Stores Glossary of Terms