Hello, When placing orders through Ariba, please remember that a business purpose or benefit to the project is required for all orders (typically one to two sentences in length). This information allows auditors to quickly confirm that your order is appropriate on the account(s) which are being charged. You may provide this information by adding a comment directly to your order or by attaching a fully completed purchase request form (template attached). This requirement is consistent with credit card orders and orders placed through the Engineering Procurement Center<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/Administration/BusinessOffice/procurement>. Some of you may have already received emails requesting additional information if your orders were placed without this information - ongoing audits are taking place in order to ensure compliance. If you have any questions that relate to this requirement, please reach out to your faculty supervisor's research account manager (Ally Adwell, Sigrun Jonsdottir or Teresa Klemme) - these individuals are the fiscal approvers who are reviewing and auditing your orders in the background. *If you do not place Ariba orders on behalf of a lab, please disregard this email.* Thank you! Benjamin Overly Business Manager Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering & LORRE | Purdue University Chat with me via Microsoft Teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=ALIAS@purdue.edu> Let us know how we are doing: purdue.link/Tell-COE<https://purdue.link/Tell-COE> [cid:image001.png@01D957F3.53F70F70]