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❖ A brief overview of the project
The title of the project was 12 Month Calendar: New ways of
working in sourcing. Apparel Industry is a highly dynamic
industry. The products have shelf life of just a few weeks, and
consequently they become obsolete very early. To cope up
with this problem, the senior management at ABFRL came up
with an idea of implementing a monthly cycle for sourcing for
all the brands instead of the currently followed quarterly
cycle.
The company planned to adopt a 12-month cycle, wherein
the supply chain would be more responsive by delivering
those products in the market that capture the latest trends.

I had to understand and thereafter, map all the backend
YASH VIJAY SURYAWANSHI activities happening in the earlier model. It further involved

Comparison of new model with the old one and devising a
ABFRL plan for new model for successful adoption in sourcing,
__________________________________________ creation of trackers and dashboards to standardise the

process, identification of micro challenges for each SKU in
GENERAL INFORMATION
this 12-month model and proposition of cost effective
solutions to solve those challenges. Finally, the newer model
Batch: PGDIM 25
was 70% cost effective, reduced the lead time by postponing
B.Tech: Institute of chemical bookings by 4 months, and, more importantly agile.

Technology

Work Ex: Fresher

❖ How is a normal day at the Internship?

The location of my internship was Bangalore. And, you know the state of Bangalore traffic, so we all co-
interns left for office at around 8 am On reaching office, I used to meet my mentor for the daily briefings.

In the evenings, before leaving the office, I would make him aware with the progress made during the day

and, plan for next day. The usual time for leaving would be around 6. Getting a cab and covering 4kms in
one hour was tougher than my project.

❖ What are the challenges faced during Internship?

• Understanding the existing process took time as the supply chain was very complex, with large number
of interdependent SKUs.
• Secondly, the objective of our project was not fixed at the beginning and kept on changing in the first
few weeks. It was finalised only after mid review
• Thirdly it was very difficult to schedule meetings with the employees on account of their busy
schedules. My projects necessitated me to interact with team leaders and heads across cross
functional teams, so had to adjust my schedule as per their timeline.6) What did you do right and what
did you do wrong

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