Zendesk
This email address is what Purchasing uses to send emails to customers (so replies come to Zendesk)
What is OpsAssoc (or SourcingAdmins)
This is the approval limit for admins in the Purchasing Desk
What is $35k; CWs send approvals $34,999 and under to their peers
The Starbucks fiscal year starts on this date
What is Oct 1, so:
Q1 is Oct-Dec
Q2 is Jan-Mar... etc.
These two systems are the main two intakes for BPAs (where customers request BPAs)
What are CDP and SharePoint
This was how the PcD was organized before the current "functional" alignment
What is "commodity" - this is how Sourcing is organized. Ex, one Sourcing Manager may represent Food; another might be Siren, or Indirect, etc.
When a customer emails the PcD, the tickets go to this group before being "sorted" to one of the four PcD teams
What is PD Triage; a few admins monitor this and send tickets to the appropriate team
This must be in place to create a PO
(Any of the following get credit)
What are:
--PO Buyer access in the requested OU
--Supplier & site are set up in Oracle
--ASLs
--Supplier is NOT enabled in Ariba
This is the duration of time it takes for an ASL to process through the systems
What is two hours
If attachments need to be added to a BPA, click in this area of Oracle
What is the header
They started as a CW when the entire PcD consisted of only 6 people on one team (called Sourcing Admins)
Who is Phil
This is used to tag another Zendesk rep
What is the @ function
This date must be in the "Need by" column in Oracle when creating a PO
What is the Delivery Date specified on the form submitted from the requestor
They both have pets called Pablo
Who are Rachael and Sofia
This is the fun term PcD has for manually connecting requisitions to BPAs if cleanup is necessary
What is sweeping
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Bob has this number of direct reports
What is 10 (counting Betsy and the new hire CW)
--8 is an acceptable answer for single points
This is the new resource we'll use after the Teams migration of job aids to the new location
What is the Knowledge Base, hosted by Zendesk, coming in Q2
Purchasing enters a CPN for POs very rarely, which stands for this accounting term
What is a Capital Project Number (usually we enter the GL code for General Ledger to come from the unit's cost center)
They were once on national TV
Who is Tony, of Gonzaga 10-second fame
This what we call it when Planning specifies an amount to come out of a BPA
What is a release
They recently completed a tla with Planning
Who is Kasey (analyst with Items) - a "tla" is a Time Limited Assignment in another role
This is the reason SLA for Zendesk is different than SharePoint and CDP and Ariba
If you run out of lines to add items onto a new PO, this is how you can add more
What is use the down arrow key. :-|
They started as a CW with the Contracts team
Who is Adam
Payment terms for Pacific Market Int'l are found here
What is column V, on the price list-- except the Been There Series (BTS), which will always have payment terms of (2/15 NET 45).
These two partners worked from Mexico for a while (not together though)
Who are Kyle and Quinn