Process Owner/Key Contacts
Primary UMarket Requisition Preparer: Jenny Harris (harrisj@umn.edu)
Backup UMarket Requisition Preparer: Danny Williams (willi037@umn.edu)
Primary Requisition Approver: Ann Tran
CEMS UMarket Processes
About
UMarket is the preferred method for purchasing most routine supply items. Most U of M employees can act as "shoppers" on UMarket. After completing checkout, carts are routed to a Requisition Preparer (noted above) in our department to move the purchases into our enterprise financial system for approval.
UMarket is fast and administratively efficient as the purchase order transmission and payment processes are fully electronic. Orders arrive in as little as one day and the most common U of M supply vendors are included, including many suppliers routinely used in CEMS.
If you need to be set up as a shopper on UMarket, contact Danny Williams (willi037@umn.edu).
In CEMS, individual group policy determines who should be assigned a cart for approval. The department requires purchases over $500 on sponsored funds and $1,000 on any funding source to be assigned first to the PI/supervisor and then to the requisition preparer (Jenny Harris, internet ID harrisj). Department policy allows purchases below those amounts to be assigned directly to the requisition preparer. Groups may have more restrictive policies so please check with your supervisor.
About
UMarket is the preferred method for purchasing most routine supply items. Most U of M employees can act as "shoppers" on UMarket. After completing checkout, carts are routed to a Requisition Preparer (noted above) in our department to move the purchases into our enterprise financial system for approval.
UMarket is fast and administratively efficient as the purchase order transmission and payment processes are fully electronic. Orders arrive in as little as one day and the most common U of M supply vendors are included, including many suppliers routinely used in CEMS.
If you need to be set up as a shopper on UMarket, contact Danny Williams (willi037@umn.edu).
In CEMS, individual group policy determines who should be assigned a cart for approval. The department requires purchases over $500 on sponsored funds and $1,000 on any funding source to be assigned first to the PI/supervisor and then to the requisition preparer (Jenny Harris, internet ID harrisj). Department policy allows purchases below those amounts to be assigned directly to the requisition preparer. Groups may have more restrictive policies so please check with your supervisor.
Policies
CEMS policy requires purchases $500 and over on sponsored funds or $1,000 or over on any funds to be approved first by the supervisor/PI before processing to a requisition. Please check with your supervisor or PI for more restrictive group policies.