Hi Kate! I am sorry some of the open blog posts are out of order with the special blog posts. If you need any help in determining which open blog post goes with which special blog post, please let me know. Again, sorry for the confusion. Thanks!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
My Summative Essay: My research, knowledge, and perspective on Supply Chain Management
So, my journey of blogging has come to an end. I learned so much information about Supply Chain Management and even developed perspectives and thoughts about this unusual "piece" of business. This essay is a reflection on what I learned about Supply Chain Management through my research and also about my writing and blogging experience. Hopefully, when I get into the business college, I will be able to continue blogging about the Supply Chain classes that I will be taking and show you all how much I am learning! Thank you all for reading my blog post and hope you all like this very last post!
Learning about my Field
Through my long extended research on Supply Chain Management, I've learned that this unusual, logistical business field is very demanding and stressful job for Supply Chain Managers. Today's Supply Chain Managers must make sure that the products and goods must be made, transported, and distributed in a effective and efficient manner that will create successful supply chains. This process is done in a logistical manner that only supply chain managers can execute, plan, and accomplish.
In the process of interviewing my family friends, Ramya and Rajeev, who majored in Supply Chain Management, and also through my online research, I learned many things about Supply Chain Management that I didn't know prior to this blogging project. For instance, I didn't even consider that this profession would have any sort of code of ethics and principles. However, through my research, I discovered that supplier and customer relationships and supplier and demand relationships are important aspects in Supply Chain Management and are considered to be very crucial in the whole process of making, transporting, and distributing the product and good. If these ethics are not met by the supply chain companies, the chains will suffer dramatically, causing no one to buy their product and good, and eventually shutting down their business. Customers must be satisfied and the supply and demand of a particular product and good should also meet the customer's needs in order for the supply chain to be successful. The Supply Chain Manager has a huge role in making sure that the customers needs are being satisfied with the supply and demand of a particular product. They must be able to determine how much of a product is needed, the demand for it, and also how to compromise both these aspects into the customer's needs (ethics blog and scholarly article on demand perspective). In addition, my interview with Ramya, helped me gain a lot of insight on the power that the Supply Chain Manager must have in order to things to be accomplished and the supply chain to move and distribute products and goods. Ramya explained to me more in detail about how supply chain managers must recognize their power and obtain their power over their employees so that they know that things must be done effectively and efficiently. In addition to obtaining and recognizing power, supply chain managers must be self-motivated, a sense of passion, and most importantly being a go-getter. All of these qualities will ensure that a supply chain manager can get the job done and work well with other groups of people in getting what they set out to get done actually accomplished successfully. As a result, this will create successful supply chain companies that can get products and goods made and distributed effectively and efficiently (Interview with Ramya).
In addition, my knowledge on logistics has significantly improved after this blogging project. Through my research, I realized that Supply Chain Managers have a huge role in the logistics process and how it works in supply chains. For example, the blog on the practical applications of Supply Chain Management demonstrates the inner details of how logistics plays a huge role in supply chains. The process of making the bottled waters, putting labels on them, transporting them to different factories so that they can further be made and processed so that they can be actual water bottles that people can drink, and then finally transported to factories where they are then distributed to vending machines is a clear example of the way logistics works in a water bottle scenario. The process of making sure all this happens effectively and efficiently is once again the job of the supply chain manager. If this doesn't happen smoothly, there will be many problems not only for the supply chain, but for the customers who end up buying the product and good and the factories suffer as well (practical applications of supply chain management- youtube video- ASU).
To conclude, the fundamental aspects of Supply Chain Management are learned and eventually these aspects, ethics, and principles are then enforced by Supply Chain Managers who make sure that the supply chains are able to make, transport, and distribute products efficiently and effectively.
Learning about your Research/Writing
Through this blogging project, I learned and observed many stages of the writing process such as distinguishing author bias and writer bias, realizing the significance of credible and useful research, and most importantly revising the blog so it contains useful and accurate information on Supply Chain Management. These skills that I have acquired throughout this blogging project will definitely help me become a successful supply chain manager, or supply chain management professional, in which this profession entails a lot of writing, reading, and most importantly planning.
From this blogging project, I learned many divisions of Supply Chain Management such as demand management, operation management, and network designing, all related to the logistical process of making, transporting, and distributing products and goods effectively and efficiently. Also, through my interview with Ramya, I learned that these three divisions all play a huge role in tracking and designing the entire process of a product being made from start to finish and also how the product gets disposed. Through these intricate stages of Supply Chain Management, it was interesting to discover how efficient and useful Supply Chain Management is in its way of creating a valuable and efficient way of moving a product.
Through this blogging project, I was able to successfully comprehend the intricate material on Supply Chain Management, which was that of a graduate level. I was able to break down the information and grasp the essential and fundamental aspects of what Supply Chain Management is all about. However, some of the aspects of this blogging project that I had difficult with were recognizing credible sources and determining whether the content in a particular source was important or not. Throughout this blogging project, it was hard for me to determine if a specific piece of information was either relevant or significant to Supply Chain Management as a whole. From the material presenting itself in a graduate level of writing, it was difficult to determine what was significant and what was not.
This blogging project definitely helped me learn a lot about Supply Chain Management. Through this project, I learned that Supply Chain Management contributes a lot to the society, which excites me a lot. In addition, I feel privileged to study at Michigan State University, where it is ranked number two in Supply Chain Management, right under Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During my four years here at MSU, I will definitely refer to my blog and perhaps write more about the other information I learn about Supply Chain Management through my classes and the clubs I join.
Learning about my Field
Through my long extended research on Supply Chain Management, I've learned that this unusual, logistical business field is very demanding and stressful job for Supply Chain Managers. Today's Supply Chain Managers must make sure that the products and goods must be made, transported, and distributed in a effective and efficient manner that will create successful supply chains. This process is done in a logistical manner that only supply chain managers can execute, plan, and accomplish.
In the process of interviewing my family friends, Ramya and Rajeev, who majored in Supply Chain Management, and also through my online research, I learned many things about Supply Chain Management that I didn't know prior to this blogging project. For instance, I didn't even consider that this profession would have any sort of code of ethics and principles. However, through my research, I discovered that supplier and customer relationships and supplier and demand relationships are important aspects in Supply Chain Management and are considered to be very crucial in the whole process of making, transporting, and distributing the product and good. If these ethics are not met by the supply chain companies, the chains will suffer dramatically, causing no one to buy their product and good, and eventually shutting down their business. Customers must be satisfied and the supply and demand of a particular product and good should also meet the customer's needs in order for the supply chain to be successful. The Supply Chain Manager has a huge role in making sure that the customers needs are being satisfied with the supply and demand of a particular product. They must be able to determine how much of a product is needed, the demand for it, and also how to compromise both these aspects into the customer's needs (ethics blog and scholarly article on demand perspective). In addition, my interview with Ramya, helped me gain a lot of insight on the power that the Supply Chain Manager must have in order to things to be accomplished and the supply chain to move and distribute products and goods. Ramya explained to me more in detail about how supply chain managers must recognize their power and obtain their power over their employees so that they know that things must be done effectively and efficiently. In addition to obtaining and recognizing power, supply chain managers must be self-motivated, a sense of passion, and most importantly being a go-getter. All of these qualities will ensure that a supply chain manager can get the job done and work well with other groups of people in getting what they set out to get done actually accomplished successfully. As a result, this will create successful supply chain companies that can get products and goods made and distributed effectively and efficiently (Interview with Ramya).
In addition, my knowledge on logistics has significantly improved after this blogging project. Through my research, I realized that Supply Chain Managers have a huge role in the logistics process and how it works in supply chains. For example, the blog on the practical applications of Supply Chain Management demonstrates the inner details of how logistics plays a huge role in supply chains. The process of making the bottled waters, putting labels on them, transporting them to different factories so that they can further be made and processed so that they can be actual water bottles that people can drink, and then finally transported to factories where they are then distributed to vending machines is a clear example of the way logistics works in a water bottle scenario. The process of making sure all this happens effectively and efficiently is once again the job of the supply chain manager. If this doesn't happen smoothly, there will be many problems not only for the supply chain, but for the customers who end up buying the product and good and the factories suffer as well (practical applications of supply chain management- youtube video- ASU).
To conclude, the fundamental aspects of Supply Chain Management are learned and eventually these aspects, ethics, and principles are then enforced by Supply Chain Managers who make sure that the supply chains are able to make, transport, and distribute products efficiently and effectively.
Learning about your Research/Writing
Through this blogging project, I learned and observed many stages of the writing process such as distinguishing author bias and writer bias, realizing the significance of credible and useful research, and most importantly revising the blog so it contains useful and accurate information on Supply Chain Management. These skills that I have acquired throughout this blogging project will definitely help me become a successful supply chain manager, or supply chain management professional, in which this profession entails a lot of writing, reading, and most importantly planning.
From this blogging project, I learned many divisions of Supply Chain Management such as demand management, operation management, and network designing, all related to the logistical process of making, transporting, and distributing products and goods effectively and efficiently. Also, through my interview with Ramya, I learned that these three divisions all play a huge role in tracking and designing the entire process of a product being made from start to finish and also how the product gets disposed. Through these intricate stages of Supply Chain Management, it was interesting to discover how efficient and useful Supply Chain Management is in its way of creating a valuable and efficient way of moving a product.
Through this blogging project, I was able to successfully comprehend the intricate material on Supply Chain Management, which was that of a graduate level. I was able to break down the information and grasp the essential and fundamental aspects of what Supply Chain Management is all about. However, some of the aspects of this blogging project that I had difficult with were recognizing credible sources and determining whether the content in a particular source was important or not. Throughout this blogging project, it was hard for me to determine if a specific piece of information was either relevant or significant to Supply Chain Management as a whole. From the material presenting itself in a graduate level of writing, it was difficult to determine what was significant and what was not.
This blogging project definitely helped me learn a lot about Supply Chain Management. Through this project, I learned that Supply Chain Management contributes a lot to the society, which excites me a lot. In addition, I feel privileged to study at Michigan State University, where it is ranked number two in Supply Chain Management, right under Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During my four years here at MSU, I will definitely refer to my blog and perhaps write more about the other information I learn about Supply Chain Management through my classes and the clubs I join.
Open Blog on Delivery and Style
Ok, so I know I have been apologizing for delaying some of these open blog posts, but I hope you all can bear through it. I thought I wrote a open blog on this blogging assignment, but apparently I didn't. Well, this blogging assignment was definitely interesting and also very useful because I got to learn so much not just through one source, but three! This blogging assignment gave me the opportunity to learn about Supply Chain Management through a scholarly article, a trade journal, and a blog post. Some aspects that all three of these sources have in common are that they both emphasize the importance of the social media, communications, personal relationships, and being a "go-getter" and how all these aspects affect your chances of getting a job not only in the Supply Chain field, but also in any other business profession. Although each source had a different styles and purposes, they all were very informative and influential in demonstrating the fundamental aspects of what Supply Chain Management is all about. Like I said earlier, the importance of social skills and communication was emphasized a lot through these sources and it discusses how strong and confident social skills can place employees in higher positions in the Supply Chain Companies. From this blogging post, I realized that it is very important to learn about a topic from various sources, not just the same type of source all the time. It can definitely broaden your perspective on a particular topic if you study from various sources. From here on, I will try and study Supply Chain Management through books, trade journals, scholarly articles, youtube videos, and even through our own prestigious Supply Chain program here at Michigan State University.
Open Blog Post on Remix Knowledge- Brochure
Once again, I would like to apologize for doing these very late! The brochure was definitely very informative and improved my perspective on how supply chain companies work. Through Oracle Supply Chain, I learned how supply chain companies are so determined in getting what they need to get done accomplished quickly and efficiently. Through this brochure, I learned that you must be well informed about the risks such as volatile markets that can hurt and ultimately make the supply chain companies suffer, and I also learned through this brochure that each supply chain company should set business goals/plans before going through the process to see if what they are doing is reasonable and practical for the whole of the chain. Through this brochure, I learned that the purpose, rhetoric, and audience better helped me understand more about the Oracle supply chain company and how it uses the fundamental supply chain concepts to distribute and delivery their goods and products. From this blogging post, I learned that supply chains are more difficult to manage that you would think. I will continue to study research based on how supply chain managers make their supply chains successful in accomplishing their business goals/plans.
Open Blog Post on the Significance of trends in Supply Chain Management
Once again, I would like to apologize for delaying this open blog post. Well, this blog post was very important because I learned that specific trends can help make supply chains become more efficient in getting their products and goods from one place to the other. Supply Chain Segmentation strategies are very useful in supply chain companies because it basically speeds up the process of getting things made and distributed. Also, Demand Management, production methods, inventory strategies, and
distribution and transportation paths are also other important trends in
supply chain planning because they help distribute more products and
goods into more than one channels/chains so that they are distributed
and delivered faster and more effectively. Supply Chain Managers, once again, have a big responsibility to fulfill by making sure that their plan is meeting their financial objectives and they are making sure that everything is turning out smoothly. From this blogging post, I realized that some trends/strategies that are implemented in the process are beneficial and definitely useful in speeding up the process of getting goods/products from one place to the other effectively and efficiently. From now on, I will try and do more research to see what other techniques/strategies supply chain managers implement to make things faster and more effective.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Open Blog Post on the Applications of Supply Chain Management
First off, I would like to apologize for writing this post now. Well, my blog post on the practical applications of Supply Chain Management dealt with the movement of bottled water products and how they are made, transported, and finally distributed into vending machines. From this whole process of making the bottled waters to distributing to factories where they take care of shipping the bottled waters to other factories, negotiating prices, paying the people in the factories, and finally distributing the bottled waters in the vending machines, there are many things that I learned about this very long and tedious process. Firstly, the logistics, planning, and distributing of the bottled waters are all the responsibilities that come with a supply chain manager. Through this process, the supply chain manager is solely responsible for the entire process of making the bottled waters to distributing to factories where they take
care of shipping the bottled waters to other factories, negotiating
prices, paying the people in the factories, and finally distributing the
bottled waters in the vending machines to be done effectively, efficiently, and most importantly successfully! The dealings of logistics, planning, and authorizing is the task of the supply chain manager. It is the supply chain manager who figures out how these bottled waters will be distributed into the vending machines. From this blogging post, I was able to watch/observe the entire process of how a product is being made, moved, and finally distributed to its planned destination. It was so interesting to see how everything was able to work out so effectively and efficiently! I cant wait until I learn more about this complex and logical process!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Remixing Knowledge on Oracle Supply Chain Management
This remix I decided to choose was an Oracle Supply Chain Management Brochure. Oracle is known to be the information company Oracle supply chain management solutions extend your reach around the globe. You can collaborate with partners across geographic regions, manage complex supplier networks, and quickly adapt to changing global business conditions.
The audience of this brochure would be supply chain majors looking to get a job at Oracle Supply Chain and other supply chain majors who happen to know what Oracle is and how to get a job/learn from what Oracle does and how their supply chain works. The purpose of this brochure on Oracle is to demonstrate how Oracle provides the information-driven solutions to power today’s extended supply chains.
The Overall success of this rhetoric was demonstrating how Oracle is the most efficient Supply Chain company out there. It does a great job in demonstrating how its supply chain functions, how its products and goods get distributed and delivered, and it most importantly does an incredible job with incorporating many fundamental aspects of supply chain management as well as the risks of supply chain management such as adapting to volatile markets, etc.
REVISION- Accelerate Innovation and Response to Market Demands, Create Flexible, adaptable business processes.
ARRANGEMENT- Predict Market Requirement and Risks- Adopt to Volatile Markets- Align the Value Chain to your business goals- Become information driven
INVENTION- Volatile markets to successful business goals. How do you make successful business goals? How to you come out of a volatile market? How do you predict market risks?
DELIVERY- Brochure on Oracle Supply Chain- Supply Chain Managers and Professionals- Through the Internet and popular Supply Chain brochures.
STYLE- Informative, Influential, Passionate, Intellectual, Business-friendly, Powerful.
The audience of this brochure would be supply chain majors looking to get a job at Oracle Supply Chain and other supply chain majors who happen to know what Oracle is and how to get a job/learn from what Oracle does and how their supply chain works. The purpose of this brochure on Oracle is to demonstrate how Oracle provides the information-driven solutions to power today’s extended supply chains.
The Overall success of this rhetoric was demonstrating how Oracle is the most efficient Supply Chain company out there. It does a great job in demonstrating how its supply chain functions, how its products and goods get distributed and delivered, and it most importantly does an incredible job with incorporating many fundamental aspects of supply chain management as well as the risks of supply chain management such as adapting to volatile markets, etc.
REVISION- Accelerate Innovation and Response to Market Demands, Create Flexible, adaptable business processes.
ARRANGEMENT- Predict Market Requirement and Risks- Adopt to Volatile Markets- Align the Value Chain to your business goals- Become information driven
INVENTION- Volatile markets to successful business goals. How do you make successful business goals? How to you come out of a volatile market? How do you predict market risks?
DELIVERY- Brochure on Oracle Supply Chain- Supply Chain Managers and Professionals- Through the Internet and popular Supply Chain brochures.
STYLE- Informative, Influential, Passionate, Intellectual, Business-friendly, Powerful.
Works Cited
Http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/ebusiness/value-chain-management-217208.pdf. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
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