Two SCM Staffers Receive Impact Awards

CFO Rosemarie Rae with Stacey Templeman and Laurina Ashby 

Stacey Templeman and Laurina Ashby each received an Impact Award at the UC Berkeley Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Town Hall earlier this month.

Templeman was honored for her work with the University Partnership Program (UPP). The program builds University-wide relationships with business partners by collaborating across units to create opportunities that align with Berkeley’s values and mission of teaching, research and public service. Currently, Stacey assists UPP by managing the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, serving as a single point of contact for suppliers during the solicitation process. She also oversees the financial analysis of prospective commodities, analyzes financial proposals, and manages public records and conflict of interest.

Ashby was applauded for her collaboration with the Berkeley Human Resources unit to create a new service and retirement awards program for the University.  The new program will save Berkeley almost $59,000 annually and $176,550 over three years. The March 29 blog post, below, details how Ashby went above and beyond to ensure that the University has awards that reflect the great work faculty and staff do every day.

You can read more about the Impact Awards on the CFO website as well.

Photographs courtesy Tom Holdford, Administration and Finance Budget Office, UC Berkeley

Kudos Korner: More Honors and Thanks

• Senior Buyer Amy Weissenbacher recently received both a "Star Performer" award in Business Operations and an "Achievement Award" for work in UC Berkeley Student Affairs.
• Karen Hamblett says thanks to Contract Specialist Jason Shane and Buyer Mike Murphy for their great work on the netPolarity contract.
• "Thank you to Larissa Garcia  and Olga Gumankova for all their hard work in the IT PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade. They rigorously tested the BearBuy to PeopleSoft PO integration to help ensure a successful upgrade." – Melissa Gee

Metrics and More on the Bulletin Boards

Don't forget to check out the bulletin boards at each SCM location. Each month there are new metrics, the project tracker and a Supply Chain Champion posted. 

This month's Champion is UCSF Buyer Daisy Palma. Like much of her family, Palma had planned to become a doctor, but she changed course along the way. See more of her story on the posters or here. 

If you have ideas for blog articles, a Supply Chain Champion nominee or want to recognize a co-worker in the Kudos Korner, please email Carol Tady.

Nimfa Delos Santos Retires
SCM staffers gathered on April 8 to say goodbye to Nimfa Delos Santos, Manager of the Card Program and Supplier Registration. Delos Santos, who retired earlier this month, was joined by current and former colleagues and several guests spoke and shared memories. In case you missed the party, here are a few photos of the fun.

Ashby Helps Launch New Awards Program at Berkeley

Service and retirement awards have long been a tradition at University of California campuses. These gifts have ranged from simple pins to elaborate glass pieces to the less-sublime, but more practical crockpot.

Looking to recognize faculty and staff in a way that reflected their loyalty and service as well as the greatness of the institution, UC Berkeley’s Jeannine Raymond, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Human Resources (HR), began two years ago an effort to revamp the campus awards program. Raymond had a concept and, early in the process, her office reached out to Supply Chain Management, Laurina Ashby, for guidance in finding and working with a supplier that would be willing to create a custom design within Berkeley’s budget. Read the whole story...

Check Out the New Postings
You may have noticed some new postings lately on the bulletin boards at Supply Chain Management (SCM) sites. They include the project tracker, monthly unit metrics and a poster featuring a Supply Chain Champion. These items are meant to provide more transparency about our work and to recognize staff members.

The project tracker has information about current SCM projects and the metrics are monthly highlights of our work. The Supply Chain Champion will feature a different staff member each month and is a great way to get to know a little bit more about our co-workers and the great work they’re doing.

Our first Supply Chain Champion is Lian Millward. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the bulletin boards, here’s a look at what's on the poster.

Kudos Korner: Great Work By SCM Staff

• Dianne Holmes is now the Treasurer and Mentorship Chair for the Northern California Institute for Supply Management.
• Dana Jantz, Manager of the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology at Berkeley sent thanks to Dave Munson and CSS for their work: "Right before curtailment, PMB had a number of very urgent purchasing things to get done before the shutdown. Due to the reduced staffing, I really thought it would be impossible to get everything done.  However, this team really took on the urgency of my requests, and worked very smoothly together and helped me accomplish everything I needed to. I am really grateful to them for that!"
• Maria Mazzei's work on the UCSF talent acquisition bid earned this from Andrew Clark: "Maria is the BOSS! We will essentially have put together a $100,000 bid for UCSF Talent Acquisition in about three hours. Not a lot of savings, but definitely made us look cool to our Talent Acquisition team at UCSF."
  
• Vanessa Wong sends praise to Melissa Gee and Olga Gumankova for the great work they did to get the UCSF Construction Group up and running on BearBuy.
• New babies, new grandfather: Alex Butler welcomed son, Robert on January 27, Rosabelle Fox delivered a sweet Valentine named Genevieve on February 14 and Paul Mulligan became a grandfather to Logan on March 15.
• Alex Butler will be doing a presentation on the OfficeMax recycled paper deal at the 2016 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference in June.
• Congratulations to SCM staff members who became Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM): Stacey Templeman, Brittany Bianchi, Daisy Palma (recertification) and Peter Lee (recertification)

New Office Supply Vendor at UCSF
Office-supply vendor Give Something Back (GSB) is now available to UCSF shoppers through BearBuy. The Oakland company, known for its donations to local nonprofits, has been the small-business office-supply option at UC Berkeley for the past three years. Read more about the deal.

SCM Celebrates Holidays 

Supply Chain Management (SCM) staff gathered to celebrate the holiday season on Dec. 17 at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. The festivities included some tasty treats from Ann’s Catering, recognition of achievements and milestones and a lively competition to create “ugly sweater” cookies (right). The nice weather also meant that attendees could enjoy a walk through the beautiful gardens. Posters from the event hare on display at Mission Center Building and Fourth Street, but you can see a few here as well.

Kudos Korner: Praise for Patrick

SCM buyer Patrick Montoya recently received praise for his work with Berkeley's Eel River Critical Zone Observatory and Sensoil, an Israeli company. 

"Patrick has been a champion of this project from start to finish. I shudder to think where we might be if he did not work so diligently to keep this process on track," – Project Manager Jennifer Hunter

"I would like to thank you personally for your efforts and willingness to help. You demonstrated loyalty to your employer and organization, while at the same time you highlighted your personal concern and showed genuine sympathy in addition to being effective and prompt. – David Waxman, Sensoils

SCM in the News

Helium Deal Expands Systemwide: Supply Chain Management’s Alex Butler recently teamed up with Ross Bausone from UC’s Center of Excellence team to get a systemwide deal for helium that will save thousands of dollars.  The article will appear in UCOP's P200 newsletter that is expected to be released this week.

Internship Program Highlighted in NAEP Journal: SCM’s Andrew Clark and Greg Macway collaborated with Arizona State’s Nichol Luoma to talk about leveraging student and alumni talent. Check out the article.

Team #Supply Chain was one of the top three teams at UCSF in the Cool Campus Challenge that ended last month. UCSF was able to reduce CO2 emissions by an estimate of over 125,000 pounds. The other top two teams were the School of Pharmacy and Micro and CTB. Read more about UC’s Cool Campus Challenge in the press release announcing the results.

Stopping the Waste

The UCSF Recycling & Waste Reduction (R&W) unit is responsible for overseeing the waste stream for all UCSF locations, with the goal of having a zero-waste campus by 2020. The department has made significant progress toward achieving this goal, but continues to seek alternative strategies. Those efforts led them to reach out to the Supply Chain Management’s Strategic Program Management and Communications unit to assist them in advancing their mission. See how SCM is working with R&W.

Frightful Fun at Fourth Street
Supply Chain staff at Fourth Street celebrated Halloween this year with some spirited decorations, costumes and food. Organized by Brenda Duenas, the day included decoration and spooky and best-tasting food contests. Duenas claimed top prize for her cobweb-lined cubicle. Byron Wilson and Carol Tady took top honors for best "treat" while Duenas claimed best "trick" for her scary, but yummy jalapeño rats! Here are some photos of the events.

Surplus Program Focuses on Capitalized Equipment

Late last year, the UCSF Surplus program began focusing on the resale of capitalized equipment. The revised program managed by Supply Chain Management’s Distribution, Storage and Mail (DSM) unit covers any piece of UCSF-owned equipment originally purchased at a cost of $5,000 or more, or any grandfathered capitalized equipment that is still being tracked through the Capital Assets program.

DSM continues to address all non-capitalized surplus items through its Labor Services division. Please contact DSM atdsadmin@ucsf.eduor call (415) 502-6245 to complete a labor services request to remove any unwanted items.

As part of this program change, the BearBuy Surplus Form has been removed from the BearBuy landing page. Capital Asset Surplus requests should now be submitted via the new form available on this page: supplychain.ucsf.edu/surplus.