SUPPLY CHAIN
Radiological Control Technicians simulate work processes in a glove box training facility
Needs like that of a ship-based research team in the Arctic Circle , who were frozen in an ice floe for 13 months as they measured climate change .
“ Somebody in our organisation had to figure out how to buy the supplies they needed for those 13 months ,” says Hipp . “ They had to work out what they needed , where to source it and how to get it to them .”
But on a more conventional note , LANL ’ s procurement team is – like everyone else – battling to help their organisations recover from the supply chain disruptions of the past few years .
“ SAP Ariba helped us learn how to pivot from being an organisation that was very reactive in its sourcing , to being proactive . It wasn ’ t enough any more to source something only after somebody had asked for it . Now , we are far more focused on supplier management ".
" We have established far more relationships with key strategic suppliers than we did before .
“ We used the SAP Ariba Network to source more suppliers . Now , we see suppliers more as business partners , who we need to have procurement planning conversations with ."
supplychaindigital . com 59