2nd interview presenetation
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The Spruce goose said:
I have a second interview on Tuesday for a food processing company in planning.
i have to do a presentation of what i hope to improve/change in 6 months.
i have a good idea but just wondered if anyone has been through this sort of thing and feedback.
Slides will be simple.
Would it be in the Portbury area by any chance?i have to do a presentation of what i hope to improve/change in 6 months.
i have a good idea but just wondered if anyone has been through this sort of thing and feedback.
Slides will be simple.
Well, information gathering has to be an important step one, and then think about what sort of actions you'll take depending what you learn about their operation. How senior is the post? Will you be in control or doing what your boss wants? Presumably you know some more from your first interview.
I recently did one of these and I included a time line programme, and said they could measure me against it in post. That went down well. But if you take this track you need to put stuff you can really deliver.
I recently did one of these and I included a time line programme, and said they could measure me against it in post. That went down well. But if you take this track you need to put stuff you can really deliver.
otherman said:
Well, information gathering has to be an important step one, and then think about what sort of actions you'll take depending what you learn about their operation. How senior is the post? Will you be in control or doing what your boss wants? Presumably you know some more from your first interview.
I recently did one of these and I included a time line programme, and said they could measure me against it in post. That went down well. But if you take this track you need to put stuff you can really deliver.
that is mt line of track, but the interviewing manager asked me about bottlenecks, so that is my idea, i am good on data management so should be achievable, but also bottlenecks are something you can never win at too...I recently did one of these and I included a time line programme, and said they could measure me against it in post. That went down well. But if you take this track you need to put stuff you can really deliver.
it is a planner for production.
The Spruce goose said:
otherman said:
Well, information gathering has to be an important step one, and then think about what sort of actions you'll take depending what you learn about their operation. How senior is the post? Will you be in control or doing what your boss wants? Presumably you know some more from your first interview.
I recently did one of these and I included a time line programme, and said they could measure me against it in post. That went down well. But if you take this track you need to put stuff you can really deliver.
that is mt line of track, but the interviewing manager asked me about bottlenecks, so that is my idea, i am good on data management so should be achievable, but also bottlenecks are something you can never win at too...I recently did one of these and I included a time line programme, and said they could measure me against it in post. That went down well. But if you take this track you need to put stuff you can really deliver.
it is a planner for production.
Jontymo
jontymo said:
Have a read up on Glenday Sieve, if you have not heard of it have a look around the net, get your head around it then it may be a good CI tool to explain and yes it will give you some ideas on Bottlenecks. Also if you have time have a read of a book called "The Goal" by Goldratt - i may have it on pdf! send me a message on here if you are interested.
Jontymo
thanks very interesting, i have found a pdf and it reads well, just wish i had more time.Jontymo
done about 75 percent of the presentation so far, and shaping up well but your idea has linked all mine together as i was looking at sales and external forces, so thanks
The Spruce goose said:
jontymo said:
Have a read up on Glenday Sieve, if you have not heard of it have a look around the net, get your head around it then it may be a good CI tool to explain and yes it will give you some ideas on Bottlenecks. Also if you have time have a read of a book called "The Goal" by Goldratt - i may have it on pdf! send me a message on here if you are interested.
Jontymo
thanks very interesting, i have found a pdf and it reads well, just wish i had more time.Jontymo
done about 75 percent of the presentation so far, and shaping up well but your idea has linked all mine together as i was looking at sales and external forces, so thanks
The Spruce goose said:
interview has been cancelled and now next week. it is now 'The importance of Planning on Performance' so will start again 
Definitely still focus upon forecast, as you said previously. However, focus on why it's the wrong driver for a lean supply chain.You can pretty much choose to perform well at any 2 of the following 3 in a supply chain:
Cost of goods sold (COGS), customer service level (CSL) and inventory value.
In other words, you can achieve a goods COGS and CSL performance but you'll have increased inventory as reducing COGS (generally speaking, and from a manufacturing view point) means increasing batch sizes and hence cycle time - it takes longer to get through the portfolio of SKUs if the batch sizes increase - and this longer cycle time means holding more inventory to maintain a high CSL.
You could instead choose to have high CSL and low inventory but COGS goes through the roof as you run with increased changeovers and small batches to cycle rapidly through the portfolio to maintain the other KPIs.
So, what's needed is the best possible balance of all 3 and that's achieved best by using 'demand pull' instead of 'forecast push'.
Use forecasts to set inventory targets but use demand to drive the day-to-day execution of the replenishment signals, as far as possible. Work with manufacturing to see whether there are SKUs they can easily make more frequesntly without impacting cost - in my experience there are always some SKUs on long cycles just because "that's how we've always done it".
Now obviously you're not going to get very far with big changes to process as soon as you get your foot in the door of a new company but demand pull is recognised as the way forward and anything you can do to get as close as possible to that (more make-to-order (MTO) SKUs) will achieve better supply chain performance.
It's catching on with the world leaders in food manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, amongst others, so you might as well be at the forefront with your presentation!
Hopefully you can pull something remotely useful out of this but if not, have a look around for info about lean supply chain - try this, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdsN9235HCY
And if you get the job and you need lean supply chain consulting and software tools when you're promoted to SC Director, we can offer both at very reasonable rates.
Edited by PorkInsider on Wednesday 14th May 22:39
o.k just done the presentation.
Well i think i was a bit too general should have stuck to first one.
I also covered too many points, but....
They have offered me the job. It will be working shifts but a good career as well as money, an 68 percent pay increase and should get me straight, so thanks for all the help, it was a massive learning curve..
Well i think i was a bit too general should have stuck to first one.
I also covered too many points, but....
They have offered me the job. It will be working shifts but a good career as well as money, an 68 percent pay increase and should get me straight, so thanks for all the help, it was a massive learning curve..
The Spruce goose said:
o.k just done the presentation.
Well i think i was a bit too general should have stuck to first one.
I also covered too many points, but....
They have offered me the job. It will be working shifts but a good career as well as money, an 68 percent pay increase and should get me straight, so thanks for all the help, it was a massive learning curve..
Well done!Well i think i was a bit too general should have stuck to first one.
I also covered too many points, but....
They have offered me the job. It will be working shifts but a good career as well as money, an 68 percent pay increase and should get me straight, so thanks for all the help, it was a massive learning curve..
Whether or not you're happy with what you presented, it got you the job so it's irrelevant.
Sounds like a great opportunity for you.
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