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❖ A brief overview of the project
Supply Chain Network Optimization, where I was supposed to
optimize the existing supply chain and design a new one for the
upcoming category of products. A significant duration of the
internship was spent in developing optimization algorithms and
testing them on various platforms.

❖ How is a normal day at the Internship?

It was more of a desk job, where I was developing tools and
algorithms in various platforms. But, this required interacting
with people right from the executives sitting next to my desk to
Manufacturing heads sitting at another site frequently, to get
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the relevant inputs. I used to reach office around 9.30, and left
the office no sooner than 8.30pm, and had stretched till 11.30
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pm sometimes. Most of the days, I left along with my mentor
__________________________________________ who was the logistics head, ensuring I had a brief chat with him
before leaving and things are going according to what he has in
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Batch: PGDIM 25

❖ What are the challenges faced during Internship?
BTech: NIT Calicut
Getting to know how exactly to do a network optimization with
Stream: Mechanical the available resources was itself a challenge. I had tried

multiple solvers, tools and platforms like LINGO to arrive at the
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most optimum solution. In some tools like Excel and solvers, I
had previous exposure, whereas in case of tools like Lingo and
Tableau, I was completely new. I had spent additional time outside my office hours to learn it, and then apply it

to the project. This was one of the most challenging aspects of the internship.

❖ What did you do right and what did you do wrong?

The right thing that I did were I asked for the right things well in advance which included data, an advanced

laptop, etc. and also gave a hint well in advance that the project might take longer than the allocated time

(which didn’t happen eventually). Moreover, the network that I built in the company with multiple people

helped me get the right inputs at the right time. I was not hesitant to express new ideas or views, which were
thoroughly appreciated.

Initially, I missed to showcase output/improvement in terms of percentage (but, in absolute values) which gave
the audience an impression that the contribution is not significant during the mid-review. But, this was rectified

in the final review.

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