ESM USER INSTRUCTIONS 1. Save the link to your favorites https://eprocurement.esmsolutions.com/?me=akron 2. Login using UA email address and unique password 3. Creating an Order When you are logged in to the application, you will see a page that is similar to the one below, this is your Shop Page. This page will allow you to shop from any of the listed Punchout Catalogs for items you need. We will go through creating a Cart. 4. Punchout Catalogs allow you to shop directly from a supplier’s website, and continue through your normal purchasing process in the ESM easyPurchase application. When you select a punchout catalog, you will be taken to the supplier’s website in a “pop‐
up” (as seen below). This window will allow you to shop on the supplier’s website. When you go through the checkout process on that website, the application will pull the Cart back into the ESM easyPurchase system to allow you to go through the purchasing process. 5. Cart After you select checkout within the supplier punchout catalog, the application will pull the cart back into the ESM easyPurchase system. The Cart tab will show the number of items in your cart. From within the Cart, you will be able to modify the quantities of any items that you have previously specified. Additionally, the Cart will outline an order summary, including Total Items and Order Totals at the bottom of the page. Select Continue to move your order from the Cart to Checkout in the ESM easyPurchase system. (see below) 6. Checkout Once an order has been moved from Cart to Checkout, you will see Header‐level information for the order displayed. Confirm order information. If you select the small blue triangle next to the order number, the order information will expand to show you line item detail and Footer‐level information for the order. Once you feel comfortable that your order is complete and ready to move to the next step, you can take one of the following actions: If an order requires approval, you will select Request; if an order does not require approval, you will need to make a one‐
time change to the “User Group” to “Approval Not Required”, then select Update, then select Prepare. 7. Purchase After selecting Prepare enter the necessary credit card information and select Continue 8. Finished The order is complete and the Status shows Submitted to Supplier