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.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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. :)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
An appreciation for camp stoves and fire places
This is me standing by one of my trees.
For those of you who are not familiar with where Fayetteville lies on the map, it lies exactly to the north of the places that basically never get winter weather and directly to the south of the places that often get winter weather. In translation, whenever some winter precipitation falls in Northwest Arkansas, let's just say people get excited. Usually this excitement is somewhat over exaggerated and those of you from the north would find it to be somewhat annoying.
This week Northwest Arkansas received winter weather. Not the fun white powder snow everyone wants, but the rain/icy rain that freezes to everything it touches. The 5 o'clock news last night (which I got to watch because for some reason my house got electricity back even though none of the businesses close by had electricity) called this storm "Ice Storm 2009." This has proven to be rather correct and descriptive but dull. I think it looks more like a tree terrorist has become raged and attacked every tree in the area.
Last night on the news the weather report showed the ice accumulation totals for the entire northwest area. Sitting right on the map where my house would be was the highest amount at 1.5". The news described this level as "devastation." I don't know if I classify this as devastation, but there are a few cars with trees on them, some houses with trees on them, several downed powerlines, and the majority of the area is without electricity. I do know, however, that this storm has succeeded in closing down the University of Arkansas for 4 days!!!
As we have had no school and no power for a few days I have really not worked on any homework, but have cleaned my house, built a fire, cooked random things on the campstove, put on all my ski gear and took my dog on a walk, sat, and tried to read a book (when it was light outside).
Well, now that I have electricity and the sun is shining I am going to go try to get some work accomplished. I will likely go in to work at Land O' Lakes if they have also re-gained power. Imagine being a vendor for Walmart and having no power for a few days. I bet things are going to be a little crazy back at the office.
Attached are some pictures so you can check out "Ice Storm 2009."
This is my neighbor's tree. Basically every bradford pear in the neighborhood looks exactly like this one. Do not plant bradford pears where you might have an ice storm one day.
This is a nearby street to my house. You can't see very well, but there are several trees on the road and on the houses.
For those of you who are not familiar with where Fayetteville lies on the map, it lies exactly to the north of the places that basically never get winter weather and directly to the south of the places that often get winter weather. In translation, whenever some winter precipitation falls in Northwest Arkansas, let's just say people get excited. Usually this excitement is somewhat over exaggerated and those of you from the north would find it to be somewhat annoying.
This week Northwest Arkansas received winter weather. Not the fun white powder snow everyone wants, but the rain/icy rain that freezes to everything it touches. The 5 o'clock news last night (which I got to watch because for some reason my house got electricity back even though none of the businesses close by had electricity) called this storm "Ice Storm 2009." This has proven to be rather correct and descriptive but dull. I think it looks more like a tree terrorist has become raged and attacked every tree in the area.
Last night on the news the weather report showed the ice accumulation totals for the entire northwest area. Sitting right on the map where my house would be was the highest amount at 1.5". The news described this level as "devastation." I don't know if I classify this as devastation, but there are a few cars with trees on them, some houses with trees on them, several downed powerlines, and the majority of the area is without electricity. I do know, however, that this storm has succeeded in closing down the University of Arkansas for 4 days!!!
As we have had no school and no power for a few days I have really not worked on any homework, but have cleaned my house, built a fire, cooked random things on the campstove, put on all my ski gear and took my dog on a walk, sat, and tried to read a book (when it was light outside).
Well, now that I have electricity and the sun is shining I am going to go try to get some work accomplished. I will likely go in to work at Land O' Lakes if they have also re-gained power. Imagine being a vendor for Walmart and having no power for a few days. I bet things are going to be a little crazy back at the office.
Attached are some pictures so you can check out "Ice Storm 2009."
This is my neighbor's tree. Basically every bradford pear in the neighborhood looks exactly like this one. Do not plant bradford pears where you might have an ice storm one day.
This is a nearby street to my house. You can't see very well, but there are several trees on the road and on the houses.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
loving that today is the middle of the weekend, not the end
Usually Sunday is bittersweet because it is a weekend day, but the last weekend day. Not this weekend! MLK day is tomorrow, so no school!!! I will be going in to work tomorrow, but no big deal.
As far as what I have on my agenda for classwork...
This weekend I will be working on a case assignment for our Strategic Management class, navigating through SAP for Enterprise Systems, and beginning research on sustainability and global logistics for my Global Logistics class.
Currently I am very glad I took an extra class last semester because with only three major classes this semester I now have more time for work and for doing other things (this is why I actually went to the gym multiple days this week :)).
Well, today is a beautiful day in Fayetteville, so I am heading out to enjoy it!
As far as what I have on my agenda for classwork...
This weekend I will be working on a case assignment for our Strategic Management class, navigating through SAP for Enterprise Systems, and beginning research on sustainability and global logistics for my Global Logistics class.
Currently I am very glad I took an extra class last semester because with only three major classes this semester I now have more time for work and for doing other things (this is why I actually went to the gym multiple days this week :)).
Well, today is a beautiful day in Fayetteville, so I am heading out to enjoy it!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Back in the daily grind
The first two days of our last semester have now come and gone.
This semester my earliest class starts at 9:30. On Mondays and Wednesdays I don't begin until 11:00!! As of Sunday night, my plan was to go to the gym monday morning and get some erands completed before class. What actually happened: I slept in, got my stuff ready, and went right to class :) I did go to the gym after I left Land O' Lakes though! Today I had two classes, worked on some work at my house, returned to the gym, and then headed to Bible study.
After leaving the gym...my thoughts on Fayetteville: My favorite part: I know people everywhere! My least favorite part: I know people everywhere! (Long story I'm not getting in to)
Hopefully tomorrow morning I'll do a better job of getting up and being productive before class!
I'm excited about tomorrow evening because I'm going to a cookout for one of my friend's birthdays! Hopefully after getting back into my workout routine I'll be able to move, but I'm not counting on it! I'm already sore!
This semester my earliest class starts at 9:30. On Mondays and Wednesdays I don't begin until 11:00!! As of Sunday night, my plan was to go to the gym monday morning and get some erands completed before class. What actually happened: I slept in, got my stuff ready, and went right to class :) I did go to the gym after I left Land O' Lakes though! Today I had two classes, worked on some work at my house, returned to the gym, and then headed to Bible study.
After leaving the gym...my thoughts on Fayetteville: My favorite part: I know people everywhere! My least favorite part: I know people everywhere! (Long story I'm not getting in to)
Hopefully tomorrow morning I'll do a better job of getting up and being productive before class!
I'm excited about tomorrow evening because I'm going to a cookout for one of my friend's birthdays! Hopefully after getting back into my workout routine I'll be able to move, but I'm not counting on it! I'm already sore!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Break's almost over and orientation has begun
After spending last week working hard not to be useless, spending this week helping out with orientation is helping me ease back into school mode. I'm a mentor for the MBA program, meaning I've been appointed to help answer the questions of new students and assist with their orientation. The idea behind this program is that as a mentor we can better relate to the situations new students are coming from and we can answer their questions honestly.
Working orientation has been a real good time this week. Not only has it been a good time meeting all the new students, but it has also stimulated some walks down memory lane with my classmates (these stories are too long or inappropriate to be discussed in detail).
The first day of orientation is mostly the typical boring house cleaning duties, but then that night the new students have an overnight retreat at a local camp which allows them to get to know eachother. Tuesday morning is what I would consider to be the most fun of the days of orientation where the new students play leadership/strategy/icebreaker games. I was so fortunate to be scheduled outside on the basketball court :)!
Today the new class spent the day working on a business case and preparing a presentation for tomorrow. As a mentor I was off today (which left me plenty of time to work all day, boo!). Tomorrow the students will present their case solutions and get a little taste of some friendly MBA competition.
Friday the mentors will also have the day off as the new class has a retail immersion day. This is a cool day and includes touring some great retailers and even a Walmart distribution center, which is very impressive.
This weekend I am going to visit my best friend so I can catch up with her and see her new house. I'm so excited because it will be a great way soak up the last weekend with no looming homework :)
Working orientation has been a real good time this week. Not only has it been a good time meeting all the new students, but it has also stimulated some walks down memory lane with my classmates (these stories are too long or inappropriate to be discussed in detail).
The first day of orientation is mostly the typical boring house cleaning duties, but then that night the new students have an overnight retreat at a local camp which allows them to get to know eachother. Tuesday morning is what I would consider to be the most fun of the days of orientation where the new students play leadership/strategy/icebreaker games. I was so fortunate to be scheduled outside on the basketball court :)!
Today the new class spent the day working on a business case and preparing a presentation for tomorrow. As a mentor I was off today (which left me plenty of time to work all day, boo!). Tomorrow the students will present their case solutions and get a little taste of some friendly MBA competition.
Friday the mentors will also have the day off as the new class has a retail immersion day. This is a cool day and includes touring some great retailers and even a Walmart distribution center, which is very impressive.
This weekend I am going to visit my best friend so I can catch up with her and see her new house. I'm so excited because it will be a great way soak up the last weekend with no looming homework :)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Christmas break is so close I can almost smell it!
With only 2 more days of regular classes until we start finals, my attention span is fading fast.
Luckily we have plenty to keep us busy.
I feel the need to keep you involved with what is going on in our classes:
One brightside to the economic downturn going on is that it provides us with lots to discuss in class. This morning in our retail finance class we reviewed current articles on retailers and discussed what problems they are facing, what led to this current state, what could retailers do to make sure they will survive times like this. In this class we also recently just turned in the final part to our retailer site evaluation project where we were able to utilize the Gadberry Group's household data for locations.
In accounting we are working on our last group project before our final next week. For our assignment we are evaluating Lowe's financial statements.
Our Leadership/management final is Monday! whoo hoo! One class will be done!
Currently as I type, I am in tlog strategies clas looking at a total cost analysis for intermodal transportation.
Ok...well speaking of being in class...I'm going to go back to trying to pay attention.
Luckily we have plenty to keep us busy.
I feel the need to keep you involved with what is going on in our classes:
One brightside to the economic downturn going on is that it provides us with lots to discuss in class. This morning in our retail finance class we reviewed current articles on retailers and discussed what problems they are facing, what led to this current state, what could retailers do to make sure they will survive times like this. In this class we also recently just turned in the final part to our retailer site evaluation project where we were able to utilize the Gadberry Group's household data for locations.
In accounting we are working on our last group project before our final next week. For our assignment we are evaluating Lowe's financial statements.
Our Leadership/management final is Monday! whoo hoo! One class will be done!
Currently as I type, I am in tlog strategies clas looking at a total cost analysis for intermodal transportation.
Ok...well speaking of being in class...I'm going to go back to trying to pay attention.
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