Goal: To allow departments to place orders and reconcile within the Ariba system for purchases made on Discovery Park Sponsored Program accounts.

The Discovery Park Business Manager, in conjunction with the PI’s departmental business managers, will prepare memos to grant comptroller authority within the Discovery Park department range. This comptroller authority may or may not differ from the limits granted in the home departments.

The Discovery Park Business Manager, in conjunction with the PI’s departmental business managers, will work with the Ariba team to establish roles in Ariba for approvers and reconcilers. (A key requestor can input an order with any account number).
The titling convention will be of utmost importance in order for departments to identify their orders within the system. The titling should be your regular naming convention followed by the identifier “DP/ PI’s home dept #.
Since the products and packing slips will be delivered in the PI’s home departments. The PI’s departmental staff will reconcile orders in the Ariba system.
Credit card orders will be handled as they are today. Use the departmental card for the PI’s home department and reconcile in Ariba on the Discovery Park account number.