Posted: 10/01/2009

The SLAC Purchasing Department has contracted with Pacific Supply and Safety who has partnered with Staples to provide office supplies to SLAC using the Business to Business (B2B) process.

The B2B Purchasing process is a de-centralized process in which a customer and a supplier interface using EDI transactions directly to and from their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) computer systems. Individual transactions are placed by requestors through an e-portal to a supplier's Web page catalog. The requestor selects a list of products, puts them in a shopping cart and submits the order for processing. SLAC's computer system converts the shopping cart into a PeopleSoft purchase requisition; the requestor adds delivery and financial information (charge code data) to the requisition and routes it to his or her SLAC manager for approval. Once management approves the requisition, it is converted to a purchase order and transmitted to Pacific Supply and Safety for fulfillment.

Anyone who has a PeopleSoft account will have access to use this tool. Please check with your Gatekeeper for individual training and explanations of this new purchasing tool.