Email: procurement@njit.edu
Approver:聽An individual with聽Fiduciary Responsibility.
Browser:聽An individual that can shop for items and place them in a cart, but cannot 鈥渃heck out鈥 to place the order.听 They will need to 鈥渞eassign鈥 the cart to the Buyer within their area.
Buyer:聽An individual that can shop, check out; and may also be an approver.
cXML Invoice: cXML is the integration language that is used between聽Highlander eMerchant聽and suppliers. A cXML invoice is created by the supplier鈥檚 system,and automatically sent through to聽Highlander eMerchant.听
Catalogs: There are three methods for ordering Products and/or Services
- Roundtrip/Punch-out: supplier products are found on the suppliers鈥 ecommerce website with a direct link to and from聽Highlander eMerchant.听 Roundtrip/Punch-out functionality will be identified with the globe icon. A new window or tab will open in your internet browser and聽聽 you will be signed into the 麻豆成人版 account on the supplier鈥檚 ecommerce site.
- Hosted Catalog: supplier products are 鈥渉osted鈥 on the聽Highlander eMerchant聽portal, meaning you do not leave the聽Highlander eMerchant聽portal to search and order these products. Hosted Catalogs are identified with the folder icon.
- Non-Catalog Items: products requiring information to be entered manually.听 Some Catalog Suppliers could have products that can be entered manually if a product is not found in any of their catalogs.
eContracts:聽 A portal that will house Procurement contracts and has the ability to track expiration dates on contracts and tie spending to the Purchase Orders.
eSourcing: A portal that will allow Procurement to hold sourcing events such as: Bids, Quotes, Request for Proposals and Requests for Information.
Help Bubble: Any time you see a blue question mark, a help bubble will appear when you hover your cursor over it to provide helpful information about the field or section of the site.
Invoice: A bill for goods or services purchased that includes pertinent information with respect to the quantity, price, terms and nature of delivery.
P2P: Short terminology for "Procure to Pay"
Purchase Order: A legally binding document prepared by a purchaser to describe the terms and conditions of a purchase.
Quick Order: 聽Orders that go straight to the supplier without approvals up to $1,000.
Required Fields: Any field marked with a red asterisk is a required field (*)
Suppliers:聽 There are five types of suppliers found in聽Highlander eMerchant:
- Quick Order Supplier: A supplier who has a catalog in the Highlander eMerchant portal and provides roundtrip/punch-out access to their ecommerce site from聽Highlander eMerchant.
- Hosted Catalog Supplier: A supplier that provides a catalog that resides in the聽Highlander 别惭别谤肠丑补苍迟听portal. It is normally composed of pictures of the items, item #鈥檚 and unit cost.
- Non-Catalog Supplier: A supplier who does not have a catalog presence (Hosted or Roundtrip/Punch-out) on Highlander eMerchant; instead requires a requisition similar to the current process in Banner. For assistance as to what is required on each requisition please go to聽Requisition Checklists.
- Registered:聽A supplier that has self-registered in the portal and maintains its own information. This would include uploading their required documents such as BRC, COI聽 etc鈥 A registered supplier can also participate in quotes and sourcing events. Once the vendor is registered they become a supplier in the聽Highlander 别惭别谤肠丑补苍迟听portal.
- Lite: A supplier that does not want to register. In this instance the聽Office of Procurement Services would need to enter the information into the聽Highlander eMerchant听辫辞谤迟补濒.
Vendors: A vendor is referred to as a 鈥渟upplier鈥 in聽Highlander eMerchant