Commodity Codes

Commodity Lookup Examples

Purchasing Books
You need to buy the book, Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life for a professor in your department.
1. Since this item is a published material, you would process a Departmental Purchase Order document and select U3 as the Order Type.
2. On the Commodity Lookup screen, change the DU3 indicator to Yes so that your results only include commodities that can be used on a DU3 order.
3. Select "Publications & Instructional Aids" under Commodity Group and then select "Publications" under Sub Group.
Click the search button and your results will result in a list of several items, from which you will be able to select the correct commodity code.
Purchasing Software, Under $5,000
You need to purchase 2 copies of a computer software called "Clifford The Big Red Dog Thinking Adventures" for a childhood development class.
1. This type of purchase would be processed on a Departmental Purchase Order with OV selected as the order type.
2. On the commodity lookup screen, change the DOV indicator to Yes.
3. Select Computer under Commodity Group and Software under Sub Group.
Click the search button and your results will include a short list of software commodity codes that are usable on a D-OV type of DPO.
Purchasing Equipment (i.e., $5,000 or more)
You need to purchase a $10,000 centrifuge for use in a laboratory.
1. This type of purchase would be processed on a Purchase Requisition (PR) with Specific selected as the order type.
2. On the commodity lookup screen, make sure the Req indicator is Yes.
3. Select "Laboratory" under Commodity group and then select "Inventorial Equipment" under Sub Group.
4. In the Description field, enter CENTRIFUGE (remember to use upper case and surround it with wildcards).
Click the Search button, and your results will include a list of a few centrifuge equipment commodity codes.

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