Supply Chain Management

Need office supplies, toner, or printer cartridges? The ODP catalog in Aggie Enterprise has you covered!

Office supplies available from ODP include writing supplies, files/folders/binders, storage items, calendars and planners, labels/label markers, mailing supplies, presentation boards, tapes/adhesives, and arts and crafts supplies.  

ODP also offers a wide variety of toner and printer cartridges.  Purchasing these items from ODP provides multiple benefits, including: 

PaymentWorks will be a new supplier portal for streamlining the supplier onboarding process. Implementation is scheduled for Monday, March 10, 2025.  This new platform will replace the current vendor add process completed in Aggie Enterprise. Suppliers will onboard with PaymentWorks, and then the vendor data will be transmitted to Aggie Enterprise.

Departments may soon see cost increases on products commonly used on campus as a result of the incoming administration's proposed tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada and China. The incoming president has indicated that he will pursue a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada and add another 10% to already existing tariffs imposed on China.

PaymentWorks will be a new supplier portal for streamlining the supplier onboarding process. Implementation is scheduled for March 2025.  This new platform will replace the current vendor add process completed in Aggie Enterprise. Suppliers will onboard with PaymentWorks, and then the vendor data will be transmitted to Aggie Enterprise. 

The process of documenting and requesting payment for unauthorized purchases is changing as of Friday, January 17, 2025.  You can also join us at our next Hot Topics session on 2/11/25 to learn more.

This month's newsletter has information on:

• AggieExpense homepage user interface
• Candex for one-time payments
• Setting up your Requisition preferences
• PaymentWorks for managing supplier records
• and more

Check out the January 2025 Supply Chain Link here: https://conta.cc/3C2PdRS

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To streamline the Revenue Agreement process,  improvements based on feedback from Aggie Enterprise stakeholders – including department and central office users – will be implemented starting Monday, December 9, 2024, at 8 a.m.

What's Changing:

The 2024 Winter Holiday schedule is now available. Please note that some Supply Chain Management units will be either closed and/or operating reduced hours the weeks of December 23rd and December 30th.  We wish you all the best this holiday season and in the year ahead!

Check out this month's SCM Link newsletter for information on:

• Mail Services Holiday Drives
• Repro Graphics calendar
• New KBA for approvers
• Upcoming Hot Topics online forum
• Spotlight on: Brian Fitzgerald
• Increase in Meals and Incidentals Rate
• Procurement Card training

Read the November SCM Link here: https://conta.cc/3Z66Hpd

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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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

Want to have the SCM Link delivered to your inbox? Contact scmcomms@ucdavis.edu.

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.

New to catalog shopping in Aggie Enterprise?

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.

Want to received the SCM Link right to your Inbox? Contact scmcomms@ucdavis.edu