Supply Chain Management Content / Supply Chain Management Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Kadee Russ on Supply Chain Bottlenecks and Inflation /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/kadee-russ-supply-chain-bottlenecks-inflation ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Economics Professor Kadee Russ discusses how supply chains got backed-up, and how these critical systems that produce and deliver products to consumers can be made more resilient. October 19, 2021 - 1:10am Soterios J Johnson /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/kadee-russ-supply-chain-bottlenecks-inflation Changes for AggieSurplus, Special Services and the Scientific Store /news/changes-aggiesurplus-special-services-scientific-store <p class="MsoNormal">AggieSurplus closed out 2021 by merging with Special Services, then started 2022 with a new location, new hours and new ways to buy and pay.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The two <a href="https://supplychain.ucdavis.edu">Supply Chain Management</a> units are now operating as <a href="https://supplychain.ucdavis.edu/procure-contract/stores/aggie-surplus">AggieSurplus and Services</a>. With the November merger came an easier-to-complete request process as well as overall improved customer service.</p> January 10, 2022 - 2:59pm Dave Jones /news/changes-aggiesurplus-special-services-scientific-store Webinar Set on ‘Small Business First’ /news/webinar-set-small-business-first <p class="MsoNormal">ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Supply Chain Management will present a webinar next week on UC’s new Small Business First Program.</p> August 18, 2021 - 9:02pm Dave Jones /news/webinar-set-small-business-first Campus Puts Up 5 Tents; More Are Possible /news/campus-puts-up-5-tents-more-possible <p>Tents are up at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ&nbsp;and more may be on the horizon as the campus prepares to support physical distancing this fall.</p> August 18, 2020 - 10:04pm Dave Jones /news/campus-puts-up-5-tents-more-possible What Should Happen with Nation's Supply Chain in COVID-19? /curiosity-gap/what-should-happen-nations-supply-chain-covid-19 <h2 class="heading--underline">Shift from global to local</h2> <p><em><strong>Suzy Taherian, lecturer, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Graduate School of Management, in this story originally published in Forbes said that supply chains should become less efficient.&nbsp;</strong></em></p> <p>Supply chain disruptions are wreaking havoc with everything from supplies of toilet paper to meat. To address this issue in the post-Covid world, businesses are rapidly shifting supply chains from global to local and from efficiently lean to flexibly risk-proof.</p> May 19, 2020 - 9:56am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity-gap/what-should-happen-nations-supply-chain-covid-19 Supply Chain Team Quick, Creative Amid Pandemic /coronavirus/news/supply-chain-team-quick-creative-amid-pandemic <p>Under normal circumstances, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Supply Chain Management’s Strategic Sourcing unit is low-profile, working behind the scenes to create value for the campus. Team members build relationships with suppliers and leverage UC’s buying power to lower costs while negotiating strategic agreements for quality products and top services.</p> <p>But Strategic Sourcing is anything but low-profile amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has disrupted the supply chain worldwide. Together with Procurement and Contracting Services, Strategic Sourcing has responded quickly and creatively.</p> April 14, 2020 - 8:01am Dave Jones /coronavirus/news/supply-chain-team-quick-creative-amid-pandemic Supply Chain Team ‘Procures’ Award /news/supply-chain-team-procures-award <p>Supply Chain Management recently procured an award for excellence in procurement, given by the National Association of Educational Procurement in recognition of the unit’s contribution to and support of the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ mission. The association of more than 1,000 member institutions honored ºÙºÙÊÓƵ in the highest enrollment category: schools of more than 15,000 students.</p> May 13, 2019 - 12:24pm Dave Jones /news/supply-chain-team-procures-award Computer Collaboration = $600,000 Savings /news/computer-collaboration-600000-savings <p>They said they would save ºÙºÙÊÓƵ a half-million dollars on computer purchases in a year. They were wrong. They did it in six months.</p> <p>They are the team that masterfully brought together units around campus, facilitated agreement on a set of administrative computer standards, then negotiated a bulk discount with Dell. The deal is for five models — two desktops and three laptops — priced about 34 percent less than previous contracts allowed.</p> December 12, 2017 - 9:41am Dave Jones /news/computer-collaboration-600000-savings