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EHE Business Operations Service Center moving
Procurement Shared Services Center (PSSC):
Definition: The PSSC is a collaborative strategy that consists of consolidating support functions, to optimize staff, equipment, facilities and knowledge to improve operational efficiencies and enable higher-value service delivery.
What does this mean for EHE?
- The Business Operations Service Center will move to the PSSC effective Oct. 7. The PSSC will be an extension of the current procurement and travel team and EHE is joining a long list of academic, administrative and student units supported by the PSSC.
- The PSSC is housed in the Ohio State Office of Finance and Business Services; this provides them with a front-row seat to policy, best practices, and best processes, enabling EHE to be at the forefront of compliance and service.
- Increased support between central units and EHE.
- Streamlining of transactions and realized cost savings.
What will the PSSC do?
The PSSC will continue to process transactions that the EHE Service Center currently handles which include:
- Amazon Business Orders
- eStores Orders
- Purchase Orders
- Internal Orders
- PCard Purchases and reallocations
- Travel Pre-Payments/Reimbursements
Changes to EHE Processes
Responsibilities: Departments will continue to initiate transactions through eRequests and eTravel, however there are some shifts in responsibilities between the Requesting Department, EHE Finance Staff and the PSSC.
PCards
- Due to physical relocation of the Service Center, there will no longer be department cards located in 350 Campbell Hall.
- A list of EHE PCard managers and locations will be provided.
- PCard managers will be responsible for uploading receipts, packing slips, and required supporting documentation to eRequest/eTravel, as well as reconciling monthly statements.
- PSSC will continue to provide PCard purchase abilities for most orders upon request.
Travel
- Travel Requests will no longer route through the Service Center – approvals will be housed in the department.
- Travel Reimbursements will be requested by the initiator or traveler via an email to the PSSC.
Deposits
- Deposits will no longer be processed by the Service Center. Departments will be responsible for delivering deposits to deposit centers located around campus.
Who do I contact for assistance?
- EHE Liaison: Sarah Wakefield(.28)
- PSSC Manager: Frank Grubb(.21)
- PSSC Website: https://go.osu.edu/pssc
- PSSC Email: pssc.servicecenter@osu.edu
- Will generates a ServiceNow ticket
- Responses from PSSC may come from IT Service Desk – Office of the CIO Administration