The Show-Me shop Showcase is coming to your campus! This is an opportunity for you to meet and talk with catalog supplier representatives in person and see some of the available products. Watch for campus advertisements with times and locations. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there.

• MSL Campus: Monday, September 29th
• MU Campus: Tuesday, September 30th
• MO S&T Campus: Wednesday, October 1st
• UMKC Campus: Thursday, October 2nd
  

Mission: eProcurement is an initiative that helps support the goals set forth in the University’s Strategic Plan.  By enabling contract vendors in our Show Me Shop environment, we are improving processes and continuing to develop a high-performance organization; which in turn, creates an environment that is conducive to quality education, teaching, and research. 

eProcurement offers a Number of Benefits at Many Stages of the Procurement Process:

Benefits for Requesters:

• One-stop “shopping experience” with the ability to order from multiple suppliers without leaving the office.
• No need to remember multiple web sites or to set up individual accounts/profiles with each vendor.
• Vendors included in Show Me Shop are all contracted vendors.
• Complete on-line hosted catalogs are accessible with pre-negotiated discounted prices.
• Comparison feature is available for hosted vendors.
• Users don’t need to manage credit card receipts for orders.
• No dollar limitation on orders since all items have already been bid.
• Vendors receive orders electronically the same day they are placed resulting in a quicker turn around time for the order.
• E-mail notification of order fulfillment status (in stock, delivered, backordered, etc.)
• Desktop delivery for Show Me Shop orders.

Benefits for Department Administration:

• Greater executive visibility into spend.
• E-mail approval notifications sent with links to approval page.
• No receiving required for Show Me Shop contract orders.
• No monthly reconciliation of receipts.
• No paper invoices to process.
• Reduced credit card exposure.
• Up-front cost savings for department since vendors are offering additional discounts to be a part of the Show Me Shop.

Benefits for Procurement:

• Centralized influence of purchasing process, with decentralized execution.
• Better contract compliance, which results in additional cost savings and advantages to future contract negotiations.
• Better communication with suppliers. Vendors that are part of the Show Me Shop assign teams that are dedicated to working with the University of Missouri.
• University-wide cost savings and added efficiencies.

ePro - Taking University of Missouri Purchasing to the Next Level!

On November 9, 2006, UM officially kicked-off the system-wide implementation of a new eProcurement system, which is designed to use the power of the Internet to streamline the procurement process and dramatically reduce acquisition costs, freeing up millions of dollars for expanding the University's core missions of teaching, research, public service, and economic development. By seamlessly integrating SciQuest’s catalog function with a significantly improved version of our PeopleSoft purchasing module, we will create a "virtual marketplace" comprised of a wide range of products from which to compare and choose. This marketplace will afford end users a "one-stop" shopping experience with the ability to order from suppliers’ complete on-line catalogs at pre-negotiated discounted prices. The "Amazon.com" like ease of process will facilitate end users increased utilization of those supply sources which provide requisite quality and service at the most favorable price, thus affording substantial material and administrative cost savings. In so doing, we expect to realize system-wide annual savings ranging from a minimum of $5.4M to a potential $17.9M when fully deployed. It is clear why eProcurement at UM is not just a "Procurement Project" but in fact is an integral part of university leadership's strategic plan, and its anticipated success will significantly impact the financial health of the entire UM System.

Solution, design, and development is expected to take approximately 9 months after which all campuses will simultaneously conduct a 3-4 department pilot before rolling the new system out to all users. Recognizing the critical importance of wide spread user adoption, Advisory Groups have been formed to insure that each campus has input throughout the solution design, development, and deployment phases. The names of the Campus Advisory Group Leads and their teams are listed under the "Key Players" tab above. In late February, the Campus Advisory Groups hosted demonstrations of the program for their campus users.  Feedback from those sessions is now being reviewed to create the design specifications for the system.