Supply Chain Management

This month's newsletter has information on:

• The upcoming Supplier Showcase
• Finding Category Names
• New aluminum bottled water option
• Tours of Logistics' Hopkins Services Complex
• The Banking Card Forum
• The Mail Services Holiday Food Drive

Check it out: https://conta.cc/47Y8kbf

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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at Logistics and how the work there supports UC Davis’s mission?

Logistics is now offering a 1.5-hour tour of 615 Hopkins, including Mail Services, Central Receiving, the Storehouse, AggieSurplus and more.

Slots are open for tours on October 15, November 7 and December 10 from 9 to 10:30 am. Registration is required. Email Logistics for questions or more information.

In support of the University of California's zero waste goals, including phasing out the procurement, sale and distribution of single-use plastic beverage bottles, Aggie Enterprise now offers aluminum water bottles and cans. Stay sustainably hydrated and stock your office or event with water while avoiding the single-use plastic waste that UC researchers have shown has a significant environmental impact.

How to order

In this month's newsletter you'll find:

• Details on the new AggieExpense home page
• Where to find AggieExpense how-tos
• Best practices for gas cylinders
• Meet Alberto Cardenas of Logistics
• All forms moving to the All Forms page
• Save the Date: Oct. 30 is the Supplier Showcase

Check it out: https://conta.cc/3zgvQ6e

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August's SCM Link newsletter contains information on:

• The Hands-On Purchasing Basics class
• The Wire Transfer Forum recording
• Changes to the AggieExpense home page
• JetBlue perks for UC
• Sean Farnworth, of the Travel and Entertainment Help Desk

Interested in receiving the monthly SCM Link newsletter in your inbox? Email us at scmcomms@ucdavis.edu.

Davis, Calif. – After a year-long evaluation, UC Davis has finalized a new preferred supplier contract with PepsiCo, extending the university's long-standing partnership with the fourth-largest beverage distributor in the world. Over the life of the new agreement, UC Davis will receive more than $10 million to fund a variety of student programs, sustainability, health and wellness initiatives, and to offset operating costs for retail locations. The agreement will increase annual funding to UC Davis by roughly 20% compared with the prior contract.

New to catalog shopping in Aggie Enterprise?

Finance and Supply Chain Management manage separate, but often closely-aligned areas. To better serve our clients, who may have questions that overlap with each department, or may be unsure which department to direct their questions to, we will be holding joint Finance/SCM Office Hours each Wednesday in August. The sessions will be held during Finance's regularly scheduled Office Hours from 10 to 11 am and will use the Finance Office Hour Zoom link: 

Take a look at this month's Supply Chain Management Link and learn more about:

• Mail Services' Last Mile Initiative
• Aggie Enterprise Purchasing User Group
• Using Advanced Searching in Aggie Enterprise
• Our upcoming Wire Transfer Forum
• Mail Services Supervisor Mark Blankinship

and more.

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Beginning July 1, Mail Services will manage delivery of Fisher Scientific packages on campus. 

The goal is to reduce carbon emissions and the number of vehicles on campus and increase safety and security by utilizing university employees already servicing existing delivery routes. In addition, customers will have better tracking visibility via AggieLogistics once the packages arrive on campus.

The AggieExpense step-by-step guides previously available on the Supply Chain Management website have been reviewed, updated, and moved into the Knowledge Base Article format.    We believe these updated guides will be more helpful and easier to follow than the previous versions.

We are aware of some issues with missing ledger data in Aggie Enterprise related to out-of-pocket reports from AggieExpense. In most cases, expenses between January and May defaulted the Program, GL Project, and Activity fields to all zeros, even if data was entered into AggieExpense. All other chart fields loaded correctly. While this issue has been fixed since May for new transactions, any incorrect entries will require the department to process a Journal Voucher.

This is an advisory for departmental fiscal approvers regarding outstanding Accounts Payable Invoice documents in Aggie Enterprise that may be awaiting your approval. 

06/11/24 The strike has been halted and deliveries should continue as usual.

Please be advised of potential disruptions or delays in delivery services due to possible strikes or work stoppages at UC campuses. 

We will provide updates on this situation as they become available. 

Fiscal Close is almost here!  To help the campus prepare for the end of the fiscal year, Supply Chain Management has a webpage that includes Fiscal Close dates and deadlines, instructions for purchasing, accounts payable and travel transactions and other important information.