Financial Administration

Purchasing Options

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Purchasing Options
Because of the variety of options within SFS there are many decisions that need to be made to set up the basic framework of the system. Some of those decisions involve populating the various control tables and making choices about what features you will be using. Your campus administration (i.e. controller, accounts payable manager and purchasing director) has already made most of the decisions about the features of the system that you will be using. The following information gives you a background of the various tables and options within SFS. Check with your campus administration for variations in how these options are used on your campus.

Some purchasing options that are the same across all campuses are set up as a business unit of SHARE. Others are unique for each campus and are set up by the specific campus business unit. The following table lists the purchasing options and identifies them as a shared table or a business unit specific table.

Purchasing Option Business Unit
Locations Campus Specific
Units of Measure Share
Freight Terms Campus Specific
Shipping Codes Campus Specific
Ship To Locations Campus Specific
Payment Terms Share
PO Origin Codes Campus Specific
Standard Comments Share
Vendors Share

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