In September 1998, the entire University began to buy all office supplies through the Web from one supplier, Boise Cascade. The paperless procurement saves time and money, and has reduced the number of blanket purchase orders and total small orders, said Judy Michalenka, vice president and controller. Imagine that number of invoices no longer on paper and needing to be processed. These cards eliminate processing of small money through central systems. Now, once a month, the Controller's Office pays one bill, rather than many offices processing paperwork to pay many bills.
People say it's easier, saves time, and they have the product quicker.
The newest change, implemented last September, involves revisions to the independent contractor policy. Next semester, changes to the University room reservation system will be implemented, according to Donald J. Reaves, executive vice president for finance and administration and chair of the task force, and Walter Holmes Jr., vice president of administration. The change will centralize the non-classroom space reservation process, which currently is scattered among a number of campus offices. The software that will coordinate the reservation system is all set, Holmes said. The reservation system will be implemented pending a decision on where the office will be located organizationally and who will staff it, he said.