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❖ A brief overview of the project
I had two projects; In the first one I had to perform forecast
accuracy analysis on the 3000 SKUs sold in Welspun’s USA
warehouse. Then find the reasons for inaccurate forecasts
and suggest better forecasting approaches. The other project
was reduction of warehouse replenishment lead time from
90 days to 60 days. This was achieved by preponing the
ordering of raw materials using an increased horizon
forecast. Reduction of lead time also led to a decrease in the
safety stock held at warehouses.

❖ How is a normal day at the Internship?
ABHIJEET ALURKAR My internship was in Lower Parel(Mumbai) and I used to

commute from my home at Thane. I tried to reach as early as
WELSPUN possible to have more time for my project. I shared a cabin

__________________________________________ with 4 of my co-interns. After a quick coffee break, I would
make a mental note of what I needed to get done that day.
GENERAL INFORMATION For data collection and any doubts that I had regarding my

project I had to talk to the supply chain team of exports
Batch: PGDIE 48 division. The supply chain team used to sit on a different

floor, and they did not have a spare workstation for me. So I
BTech: K.J. Somaiya College
had go up and down the elevators several times throughout
of Engineering the day. I had 2 mentors assigned to me other than my
colleagues in the SCM team. I met them at least once every
Stream: Mechanical day to update them about my progress and ask for guidance.
We had an hour for lunch break which all of us interns spent
Work Ex: Tecnimont Ltd in cafeteria to eat and then later for a walk outside the office

premises.

My working hours were spent either in discussions with the SCM team or for data crunching and brain storming

in my cabin. Most of the times I left office at around 5:30; in some rare cases I had to wait till 8:00 when I had to

discuss project with the SCM team.

❖ What are the challenges faced during Internship?

The first month of the internship was spent completely for data collection. I needed existing sales and forecast

data from SAP databases and individual demand planners of the SCM team. As the SCM team was already busy

with their day to day work, my requests for data were put on hold and so I had to take constant follow-ups to

make sure that I got the data on time.

It took time to understand the scope and objective of the project.

The terminologies used in every company is very different as compared to what is discussed in the academics as

college (For ex. SKUs are called Articles in Welspun). It took time to get used to the lingo used in office.

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