Money For Nothing……And your Resources for Free…or close to it

Student engagement in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Presenters

Greg MacwaySCM DirectorStrategy & CommunicationsUniversity of California, Berkeley & San Francisco

Andrew ClarkSCM Director – Strategic SourcingUniversity of California, Berkeley & San Francisco

Nichol LuomaPurchasing DirectorArizona State University

The Student Value Proposition

• Win-Win:– Job Market requires more and more experience– Great return for institution with minimal financial

investment

• Student qualities:– Unbiased—not tainted by the past– Curiosity – Data driven

• Possible challenges– Generational—this is not going away—we need to figure

this out now and learn to adapt and attract

ASU’s Story

• Procurement legacy hiring practices– Experience based– Administrative experience valued– No internships and could not hire students

due to HR reqts– Students used only to assist admins.

• Now and moving forward– Entry level positions SHOULD be filled by

students • Need to work on branding—”cool

factor”– Hire Supply Chain Grads– Internship Program

• Learn job and process improvement projects

– “Teaching hospital” program starting 10/1

Charter: ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

Ranked as Most Innovative School by US News and World Report in 2015

ASU FellowshipDr. Kevin Burns, WP Carey

For the student• Academic or professional information

• In-depth research-based analysis of a particular issue area related to work duties

• Broad curriculum of skills and research into current practices within the university department or organization

• Well-researched experimentation utilizing adapted Action Research methodology

For the organization• Disciplined experimentation within a specialized

business framework• Fresh perspectives leading to innovation• Students already versed in business relevant

processes for higher level of student work• Low cost

W. P. Carey Fellows Program

An opportunity for students to learn about a particular field of work based on practical experience coupled with a student driven Action Research project designed to improve the university area in which they work while also fulfilling the work needs of the unit.

ASU Special GuestTyler Thompson, ASU Intern

Why Supply Chain Management?– What: The management of the chain of

supplies – Ranking: Top 5 nationally – Why ?: Always curious since a young

age/family and mentors worked in the field (why)

– Starting salaries: range from $40,000 to $60,000

– Companies we look at: Amazon, Apple, Exxon, Intel, Honeywell, Nike, General Electric, Toyota, Boeing, Walmart, Dell

– What we want:1. Strong positive culture2. Meaningful purpose3. Opportunities to grow4. Challenging and engaging work

About Me:- ASU undergraduate

student (Sophomore)- Barrett the Honors

College- Arizona Native- 20 years old- Employee for 10 months

ASU Special GuestTyler Thompson

ASU Purchasing and ServicesTitle: Purchasing Intern

What I do: Work directly under ASU buyers and senior buyers

My Experience: Hands on and engaging

Projects/responsibilities: - Process RX documents - Process Stipends - Issue new PO’s - Modify/Close PO’s -

Shadowing/Training under scientific commodity buyer

Andrew’s Story

• Find a faculty partner

• Align your goals with your faculty partner’s goals

• Integrate the student into your tribe and allow them to leave their mark on your team

• Be flexible on process and outcomes

• Follow through and incorporate the results

List of Student & Faculty Engagements• Predicting SFSU Charitable Giving

(SFSU 2009)

• Scheduling Suppliers to UCSF Supplier Shows (SFSU 2011)

• Berkeley Benefit Bank prototype (UCB 2012)

• UC Berkeley Supply Chain project (UCB 2013)

• UC system department clustering (USF 2014)

• UC System Scheduling SciQuest eCommerce Enablement projects (SFSU 2014)

• Berkeley Data Science Collective (UCB 2014)

A Faculty PerspectiveVijay Mehrotra

Professor of Operations Management

• Ph.D., Operations Research, Stanford University• M.S., Operations Research, Stanford University• B.A. Mathematics, Economics and Statistics,

St. Olaf College

• Associate Editor and Columnist for INFORMS and ANALYTICS, Operations Research publications

“Dr. Mehrotra believes in a holistic approach to creating business value. His research is driven by personal interactions with employees and managers to identify crucial business problems, which he addresses by utilizing data and mathematical methods. In publishing significant papers on practical operations management, he is pursuing a research agenda to serve a global community of students, academics and industry professionals.”

An Intern’s PerspectiveZach Reilly

UCB Inaugural Intern (Summer 2015)

Junior Year BA in Economics

BA in Mandarin Chinese

Studying abroad at Fudan University Shanghai, China

SCM Projects:Vending opportunities in decentralized supply

chain distribution modelsOperationalization of Internship Program

UCB Internship Story

Zach’s Project• Website about program• Job Posting in Student Career Center

(Callisto)• 8 rock star applicants (in 2 weeks!)

Project Brainstorming session

Analyst lead orientation and info session• Project overview (with self selection)• 10ish hrs/week @ $15/hr• Reference letter for good work

Results• 6 interns (Fall 2015)• 5 projects activated

Project List• Supplier information management

reengineering• Telecom expense management

research & feasibility assessment• Procurement bidding process

modeling and improvement• Contract management process

improvement• Diverse business value proposition

and service development• IT software buying & license

management research• Open source procurement tool

development

Student Project Summaries

In Summary

We gave you:• A business case overview• A compelling case study in ASU• Fellowship program insights• ASU Intern perspective• Student engagement examples• Faculty perspective• UCSF/UCB Intern perspective• Internship Project Ideas

How many Procurement/Supply Chain Internships will we see in 2016?

Q & A