1 November 16th, 2006
Club Meeting
November 16th, 2006
2 November 16th, 2006
Agenda
Recap International Case Competition
Finding the Right Internship
Targeting the Right Company
Application Timeline
Application Tips
Interviewing Tips
Operations Terms
Electives Mini 3 & Mini 4
Upcoming Events
3 November 16th, 2006
11th International Operations Case
Competition
4 November 16th, 2006
International Case Competition
Winners
1st Vanderbilt
2nd Tepper
3rd Darden
Thanks to volunteers
Thanks to our team!
5 November 16th, 2006
Internship Search
6 November 16th, 2006
Statistics
School Facilitated (71%) On Campus (46%)
Alumni, Job Fairs, Job Postings, etc. (25%)
Individual Search (22%) Contact Companies, Friends, Webpage
Not Reported (7%)
7 November 16th, 2006
Application Timeline
ID Task NameNov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007
11/19 11/26 12/3 12/10 12/17 12/24 12/31 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28 2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/18 3/25 4/1 4/8 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/6
1 Target Companies
2 Contact Alumni
3 Contact 2nd Years
4 Contact Companies
5 Review Website
Narrow companies
6 Apply to Companies
8 Interviews
7
Finance & Consulting
Operations & Marketing
8 November 16th, 2006
Targeting the Right Company
Find the companies.
Fortune 500.
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Inc 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies.
2nd Year Internship Resume Book.
Narrow search.
Alumni, 2nd years, professors.
Lexis/Nexis, InfoTrak, etc.
Respect for operations.
Role of operations in an organization.
9 November 16th, 2006
Application Tips
Quality versus Quantity
Research, Research, Research Gartners, Fortune, Web Alumni 2nd Years
Build relationships with Alumni, 2nd years
Invest time in Resume and Cover Letters Customize for each company Tell a story of why you!
10 November 16th, 2006
Interview Tips
Why can’t I just be myself in the interview?
How can I avoid making the common interviewing mistakes?
STAR APPROACH
How important is it to follow up after an interview?
What are the best ways to follow up after an interview?
What if, after I follow up, I have still yet to hear back from an employer?
How can I delay accepting an offer in order to consider other forthcoming offers
11 November 16th, 2006
Operations Terms
Do you know the difference between “kaizen” and “kanban” are?
Understanding key terminology can mean the difference between looking like a professional and a wannabe.
These next few slides contain terms you may encounter during the interview process or while you are doing your company research.
Spend some time brushing up on your operations vocabulary.
12 November 16th, 2006
Some Typical POM Terminology
'Lean' concept
JIT / JIT-II
Kanban
TQM
Reengineering
VMI (Vendor managed Inventory)
Reverse Logisitics
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
RFID
VSM
Delphi method (forecasting)
Newsvendor Problem
Data Matrix / Maxicode / PDF 417 code
Peak load pricing
RO-RO
Shrinkage
Six Sigma
VAR (Value Added Reseller)
WMS (Warehouse Management System)
13 November 16th, 2006
Where Can I Go For More Information?
Associations / Websites
Operations / Production Textbooks
Academic Journals / Magazines
14 November 16th, 2006
Associations
American Production and Inventory Control Society http://www.apics.org
Six Sigma http://www.isixsigma.com/
Council for Logisitics Management (CLM) http://www.clm1.org
The Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment Committee (CPFR) http://www.cpfr.org
Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (VICS) Association http://www.vics.org
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) http://www.informs.org
American Society for Quality (ASQ) http://asq.org/
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) http://www.poms.org/
Project Management Institute (PMI) http://www.pmi.org/
American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) http://www.apqc.org/
Workflow and Reengineering International Association (WARIA) http://www.waria.com/
15 November 16th, 2006
Websites
http://www.supplychainplanet.com/
http://www.manufacturing.net
Related sites with SCM info
http://www.ittoolbox.com/
http://www.cio.com/research/scm/
16 November 16th, 2006
Academic Journals / Magazines
Journal of Operations Management
Journal of Manufacturing Systems
Journal of Quality Technology
International Journal of Production Economics
Production and Operations Management
Logisitics Management
Supply Chain Systems Magazine
17 November 16th, 2006
Operations / Production Textbooks
Chase, Aquilano and Jacobs (, Production and Operations Management: Manufacturing and Services (8th Edition)
Hill, T. Production/Operations Management: text and cases, 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall: London
Johnston, R., Chambers, S., Harland, C., Harrison, A. and Slack, N. Cases in Operations Management, Pitman Publishing: London
Meredith, J.R., The Management of Operations: a conceptual emphasis, 4th Ed. John Wiley and Sons: New York
Schmenner, R.W., Production/Operations Management: concepts and situations, 4th Ed. Macmillan: New York
Schonberger, R.J. and Knod, Jr., E.M. , Operations Management: serving the customer, 3rd Ed. Business Publications: Plano, Texas
Schroeder, R.G. , Operations Management: decision making in the operations function, 3rd Ed. McGraw-Hill International: New York
Slack, N, Chambers, S., Harland, C., Harrison, A. and Johnston, R., Operations Management, Pitman Publishing: London
Wild, R. , Production and Operations Management, Cassell
18 November 16th, 2006
Operations Electives Mini 3 and Mini 4
19 November 16th, 2006
Operations Electives
Mini 3
Quality Design and Analysis
Real Time Decision with Resource Planning Systems
Sequencing and Scheduling
Mini 4
Risk Models for Production Management
Manufacturing Strategy
Optimization Models for Logistics
Six Sigma Practices and Principles
20 November 16th, 2006
Operations Projects
Prof. Kekre Highmark (Operations, Strategy, IT)
Citibank (Operations, IT)
Bosh (India – global opportunity)
7-8 weeks
Mini 3 – Mini 4 - Summer
21 November 16th, 2006
Other Electives
Mini 3
Corporate Finance
Interpersonal Negotiations
Competitive Strategy and the New Economy
Mini 4
Pricing Strategy
Strategic Corporate Management
22 November 16th, 2006
Upcoming Events
23 November 16th, 2006
Upcoming Events
November Nov. 20 – Speaker Series
Larry Dickerman, senior VP of American Electric Power
December 1st - EATON Plant Tour
January Jan 26: Plant Tour (probably the airport)
February Feb 2: Plant Tour (GE)
Feb 7: Info session for change of board of directors
Feb 14: Ops Board Elections