The main purpose to transition to iBuy is it will promote a sustainable process (e.g. no more paper, toner, postage, delivery, etc). Purchase Orders (PO) through Banner have historically been printed and mailed to vendors. For scope, here are Banner PO number over the last four fiscal years FY17 = 7,804, FY18 = 7,368, FY19 = 7,537, and FY20 = 5,669 (2 months remain in the fiscal year). In a conservative estimation, say each PO is 10 pages. This alone would have been 75,370 sheets of paper. This doesn’t consider the toner, postage or delivery emissions. In comparison, iBuy POs FY17 = 2,785, FY18 = 2,618, FY19 = 2,843, and FY20 = 3,179. Years FY17-FY19 were a 74% to 26% ratio. The efforts purchasing has made this year has shown positive movement towards higher utilization of this system as the current ratio for FY20 is 64% to 36%. Putting an exact percentage is difficult because we’re dependent on the systems abilities and the modifications Jaggaer can implement for us. Historically we have been limited in our abilities to work towards a transition to iBuy because of software limitations. 

We are currently in the process of updating functionality which will enable higher system utilization. Here are some of the updates currently being worked on: 

·       Addition of Contracts Plus. Historically, purchase orders which were tied to a contract or solicitation had to be submitted through Banner. The addition of Contracts Plus will eventually replace iCS and everything will be housed in the same system which would eliminate this limitation.

·       We’ve also been limited on a method that clearly allows us to process a Standing PO in iBuy. It is technically possible; however, the process is convoluted. We anticipate having the ability to process standing POs by FY21. In FY19, we processed over 3,000 standing POs in Banner. Not all of these will transition to iBuy immediately, but we could potentially see a large reduction here in FY21.

·       We’re also in the process of implementing the America To Go  punchout catalog in iBuy which will reduce the amount of restaurant and catering order that will come through Banner. For scope, UIUC spends about $12 million dollars in this market.

Attached are the meeting minutes from the iWG meeting on 4/27/20. The focus of this meeting was to discuss the SWATeam recommendations that were submitted to the iWG by April 3, 2020.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3042436352483573/

Watch this live, or check it out later, to see the draft iCAP 2020 objectives!  This is so exciting!!!

While procurement laws still restrict the majority of campus purchasing contracts to ten years, there is a state of Illinois law that allows our campus to enter into Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) that are as long as 25 years.  See http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=101-0193 for details.  

Thank you to everyone who joined us live or watches later on the CCNet Facebook page!  We enjoyed a great turnout for the Tree Campus USA Celebration, with about 35 people on the Zoom call and a reach of 365 on Facebook.

This event included a review of the five years that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been designated as a Tree Campus USA, by Brent Lewis. Senior in Integrative Biology student, Maddie Smith, presented the results of her diversity analysis for the campus' urban forest, and the F&S Tree Surgeons, Dustin Reifsteck and Sky Drewes, answered tree-related questions.  At the end of the hour, community announcements included Arbor Day and Earth Month events coming up.

Celebrate National Arbor Day next week on April 24, 2020!

Links from announcements and presentation

• CCNet's Facebook video of Tree Campus USA Celebration: https://www.facebook.com/champaigncountynetwork/videos/1441155552752583/
• CCNet's Sign Up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/g8IM
• The U of I Extension offers an excellent resources for tree health questions. You can take a clipping from your tree to the clinic on the 4th floor of Turner Hall, run by Diane Plewa. Visit the plant clinic: https://web.extension.illinois.edu/plantclinic/. 
• Red Oak Rain Garden (RORG): https://redoakraingarden.org/
• “Smile and say, TREES!”: Arbor Day Celebration (photos due April 19): https://www.facebook.com/events/3104423876237096/
• C-U on Earth Day community event: https://cuearthday2020.wixsite.com/event 
• Climate Science in a Fact-Free World: Keeling Lecture 2020: https://www.facebook.com/events/216025282792996/
• April iCAP Celebration and Forum Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/events/3042436352483573/

The event concluded with a round of thanks, and several were captured in the chat log.

12:56:43     From  Eliana Brown : Thank you to the Grounds Dept!
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