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