Well, there's a little dusting of snow outside this morning and it happens to be the day of Chilirhea! With an expected high of 29 outside and the fact that I'm cold natured, I almost thought of not going, but I have been promised heaters. :) I'm not really sure what to expect from today because I have never attended Chilirhea, but I do expect much great food from my classmates and others!
This past week flew by! I went bowling two nights, attended the suppy chain symposium, worked, did some homework, and other than that, I'm pretty sure this week didn't actually have 7 full days in it.
After Chilirhea I will be studying today for our upcomming Global Logistics test on Tuesday.
I've got to get some breakfast and get ready for Chilirhea now. I'll let you know how it goes later.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
No more SAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today was a day of bittersweetness for our class. We had our first test in ERP over Business Process Management and SAP. This was the bitter part... The sweet part is that we are now done with our SAP lab assignments (at least I'm 90% sure). So, I do realize that SAP can help businesses, but...that is one of the most un-user friendly programs I have ever delt with. I'm glad we're finished with the lab assignments!
So, in my last post I mentioned that our class was in a bowling league. Monday night I filled in for another one of the guys in my class and got the chance to witness one of the most amazing things I have ever seen... A guy on the lane next to us bowled a 290!!! He had a spare on the first frame and then 11 strikes following. It was incredible! I did not bowl a 290 (not even if you add my two games together)!
Today after our test we had our class pictures. It's crazy to think that in May we will already be through this program. Although it has been lots of work and time spent in small study rooms, I think we will all miss it.
Tomorrow is Thursday and so our week will be wrapped up for classes. I have a meeting in the morning before class with my group from our case presentation to prepare our presentation for the supply chain conference next week. There's a pretty impressive line up as far as speakers go:
Janet Kavinoy, Director of transportational infrastructure congressional and public affairs for the US Chamber of Commerce
Johnnie Dobbs, EVP logistics and supply chain for Walmart stores
Rod Franklin, VP product development/contract logistics for Kuehne + Nagel
I don't want to type anymore, so hopefully you get the picture.
It's pretty cool because last week in global logistics class we read a case on Kuehne + Nagel.
Ok, well, I'm going to get off here.
So, in my last post I mentioned that our class was in a bowling league. Monday night I filled in for another one of the guys in my class and got the chance to witness one of the most amazing things I have ever seen... A guy on the lane next to us bowled a 290!!! He had a spare on the first frame and then 11 strikes following. It was incredible! I did not bowl a 290 (not even if you add my two games together)!
Today after our test we had our class pictures. It's crazy to think that in May we will already be through this program. Although it has been lots of work and time spent in small study rooms, I think we will all miss it.
Tomorrow is Thursday and so our week will be wrapped up for classes. I have a meeting in the morning before class with my group from our case presentation to prepare our presentation for the supply chain conference next week. There's a pretty impressive line up as far as speakers go:
Janet Kavinoy, Director of transportational infrastructure congressional and public affairs for the US Chamber of Commerce
Johnnie Dobbs, EVP logistics and supply chain for Walmart stores
Rod Franklin, VP product development/contract logistics for Kuehne + Nagel
I don't want to type anymore, so hopefully you get the picture.
It's pretty cool because last week in global logistics class we read a case on Kuehne + Nagel.
Ok, well, I'm going to get off here.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Living the busy life
Well, it's been a while since my last post. Not much has really gone on in the last week, other than the tree cleanup around town. However, this week is proving to be much busier. Monday we had an SAP assignment due over the master data portion and entering new materials and requisitions. After class I went directly to Land O' Lakes for work which has been very busy recently. Yesterday Iwas working on some possible scenarios for our butter if another brand goes into Walmart stores nation wide.
After work and after the gym was the most exciting portion of my day.....Bowling!!!
Our MBA class has a few teams in an intermural league. Last night was an all guys night (I didn't know this until I got there), but I got to step in for Norris who couldn't make it. (Norris better watch out or I might steal his spot) After bowling I headed home to work on a case assignment which was due today for strategic management. This case (BMG) was much better than the last one we did on Monsanto.
Today at school I went and visited the career fair held at our school. I made some contacts with Casestack, BNSF, and Unilever. I also think I will have an interview soon with Campbells for a supply chain analyst position. It's a rough job market out there for everyone. Even Walmart announced today they were letting go of about 700 or so jobs here in Bentonville. This only increases the competition for jobs in the area. However, many companies came to the career fair today.
Well, I just got home from co-ed bowling night and I think I'm going to go to sleep. :)
After work and after the gym was the most exciting portion of my day.....Bowling!!!
Our MBA class has a few teams in an intermural league. Last night was an all guys night (I didn't know this until I got there), but I got to step in for Norris who couldn't make it. (Norris better watch out or I might steal his spot) After bowling I headed home to work on a case assignment which was due today for strategic management. This case (BMG) was much better than the last one we did on Monsanto.
Today at school I went and visited the career fair held at our school. I made some contacts with Casestack, BNSF, and Unilever. I also think I will have an interview soon with Campbells for a supply chain analyst position. It's a rough job market out there for everyone. Even Walmart announced today they were letting go of about 700 or so jobs here in Bentonville. This only increases the competition for jobs in the area. However, many companies came to the career fair today.
Well, I just got home from co-ed bowling night and I think I'm going to go to sleep. :)
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