Last Review: 04/22/2026
Original Effective Date: 04/22/2026
Responsible Office: Purchasing Office
Policy:
All suppliers wishing to conduct business with Louisiana Tech University must be added to Workday. Approved suppliers will be invited to use the PaymentWorks platform for financial dealings with Louisiana Tech University.
Definitions:
Suppliers – Entities that wish to conduct financial transactions with Louisiana Tech University.
PaymentWorks – PaymentWorks is a secure, cloud-based platform designed to streamline and simplify the vendor onboarding and management process that also provides sanction list screening. The platform validates vendor information, checks against sanction lists, and reduces the risk of fraud through multi-layered security and verification processes.
Procedures:
The campus unit that wishes to conduct business with a supplier should create a supplier request in Workday (see Job Aid “How to Create Supplier Request”). A W-9, W-8, or W8 BEN from the supplier should be uploaded.
The request will be reviewed by Purchasing. If the supplier is approved for onboarding, the supplier will be created in Workday, and an invitation will be sent to the supplier to join PaymentWorks (unless the supplier is already on PaymentWorks).