Presentation Archive

Presenter(s): Ryan Lysarz

Receive guidance through the procurement process for all of your scientific needs that support UB’s research and clinical operations. Learn about strategic sourcing for specialized scientific systems, essential equipment, consumables and related services. Additionally, explore the impact of tariffs on scientific purchases and share strategies to help reduce the additional costs of international sourcing. 

Presenter(s): Beth Corry, Amy Beers, Pamela Hyman, Adam Janiszewski, Kathy Meloon, Tom Okon, Jennifer Pesany, Carmen Gonzalez

Join the Business Services leadership team for an inside look at the strategic roadmap guiding the next 3 to 5 years. Get an overview of upcoming system enhancements, policy shifts and organizational developments designed to elevate customer experience and operational efficiency. Gain insight into the vision driving these changes and learn what to expect as Business Services evolves to meet future needs.

Presenter(s): Purchasing and Contract Services Team

ShopBlue best practices to make using the system easier. The session demonstrates the processes for more advanced ordering, ease of fiscal-year repetitive orders, how to look up your payment information and manage invoices, advanced tools to enhance your system usage and information on future enhancements to optimize the ShopBlue system.

Presenter(s): Alison Meadows

We’ll walk you through recent enhancements designed to streamline your purchasing experience, introduce newly added suppliers and features and provide a sneak peek at what’s coming next.

Presenter(s): Tom Okon, Nancy Kielar, Scott Pochron

A new Financial Dashboard is coming soon to SIRI, offering a powerful upgrade to campus-wide reporting capabilities. Designed for all users — from Unit Business Officers to individual account holders — it provides customization of reports, including the ability to add or remove fields, apply multi-level sorting, insert prompts and even create calculated fields and custom reporting groups. With flexible ad hoc features and organization-wide filtering options, this dashboard is set to become your go-to resource for comprehensive, dynamic financial reporting.