August 2024 Supply Chain Management Link

August 2024

Hands-On Purchasing Basics Class

In the coming months, Supply Chain Management will provide several opportunities to take the in-person "Purchasing Basics in Aggie Enterprise" course. The dates to choose from are:

August 27 (almost full)
September 10
October 8
November 5
December 3

This introductory course will focus on how to set up your Requisition Preferences, as well as complete catalog and non-catalog purchases, process change orders, and look up the status of your Requisitions and associated Purchase Orders. Enrollment is via the UC Learning Center at lms.ucdavis.edu.

Learn More and Register

Contacting a Buyer?

Have Your PO Number Ready

If you need to contact a buyer regarding a Purchase Order they are working on for your department, make sure you provide the buyer with the specific Purchase Order number located from the Manage Orders screen. Questions on catalog orders should be addressed to the specific supplier, and not a buyer.

More Purchasing Resources

Wire Transfer Presentation Posted

The Disbursements Team recently held a Wire Transfer Payment Forum focusing on wire transfer basics, best practices, how to help prevent fraud and more. A recording of the forum, as well as the presentation slides are now available.

Spotlight On: Sean Farnworth, Help Desk

If you've recently submitted a ticket to the Travel and Entertainment Help Desk or joined us at Office Hours, you've likely been assisted by Sean Farnworth (pictured on the right). In the few short months he's been with SCM, Sean has already gained a reputation for being helpful and supportive to clients and colleagues alike.

When he's not assisting clients, Sean enjoys traveling, exercising and watching horror movies.

Meet Sean

New Look Coming to AggieExpense

Concur -- the platform behind the AggieExpense system -- recently announced upcoming changes to its homepage.

The redesign does not include any functionality changes; it is only an update to how the homepage looks. This includes a more intuitive design and user-friendly navigation.

Beginning later this month, users will be provided the option to enable the new home page via a banner on the AggieExpense home page. Users will also be able to revert back to the current home page if they desire.

In late October, the page will default to the new version, but users will still be able to revert to the old page.

In January, the old home page will be retired and replaced with the new version.

Details on the changes will be available on the AggieExpense webpage in the coming weeks.

To subscribe to the Supply Chain Link, contact us at SCMcomms@ucdavis.edu