Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge & Selection 

 The visualization tool is one of my favorite ones , and it is the most used one on my field ; it is a   tool that helps expressing an idea not only by words , but in any visual application you can find .   I am a product designer and I currently design wrist watches for a big company in Brazil , and I   am in charge of four brands . We work with the lead time of one year , approximately , and we   deal directly with our supplier from China . The communication is the biggest challenge , I   believe , since we talk only by email and we both are speaking in a non - native language . We   often prepare briefings with a detailed description of how we want the watch to be , including   the functions , size and visual details ; but it is always hard to make them understand exactly   what we want , and it causes delays and long discussions over small details . 

 Application 

 Considering our cultural barrier , we have decided to implement the Visualization tool in our   briefings , hoping to help our suppliers understand the projects as soon as possible . We started   adding more images and videos , sending draws when they had questions and looking for   samples of materials to send them . We tested different ways to show them what we wanted   and inspire them to create with us , considering their expertise . 

 As a second step , we analyzed the e - mails sent to them , noticing that we used to send short   and objective e - mails , since we receive around 60 emails per day . But it was not working ,   because we had to wait till the next day to receive a reply , considering the time zones , and in   most times we did not received all the answers we wanted .   So we tried to build better e- mails , longer ones . We started using topics and different colors to show them the different   subjects we were talking about and how they should address all of them on the same email . 

 Insight & Approach 

 We noticed that they started to understand the projects better when we added images and   color codes in e - mails , but then we discover that sometimes the same word we used for   something with one supplier meant a completely different thing for another supplier ! This   discover helped us making a “ dictionary ” for our suppliers and what type of features each one   can present us , therefore being able to direct projects to a specific supplier that can achieve   what we expect with faster understanding . 

 Another surprise was that they started to suggest more solutions when what we asked was not   possible , since now they could visualize better our final objective . We learned that we can   trust them more as they showed more creativity and knowledge on technologies we have not   even heard about ! 

 For the future , we are hoping to present them the tool of Co - Creation in the annual meeting   we have , since it is easier for us to understand each other in person . We have a better   relationship with our suppliers now and we think they would be thrilled to be part of our   projects as co - creators ! 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge & Selection 

 The visualization tool is one of my favorite ones , and it is the most used one on my field ; it is a   tool that helps expressing an idea not only by words , but in any visual application you can find .   I am a product designer and I currently design wrist watches for a big company in Brazil , and I   am in charge of four brands . We work with the lead time of one year , approximately , and we   deal directly with our supplier from China . The communication is the biggest challenge , I   believe , since we talk only by email and we both are speaking in a non - native language . We   often prepare briefings with a detailed description of how we want the watch to be , including   the functions , size and visual details ; but it is always hard to make them understand exactly   what we want , and it causes delays and long discussions over small details . 

 Application 

 Considering our cultural barrier , we have decided to implement the Visualization tool in our   briefings , hoping to help our suppliers understand the projects as soon as possible . We started   adding more images and videos , sending draws when they had questions and looking for   samples of materials to send them . We tested different ways to show them what we wanted   and inspire them to create with us , considering their expertise . 

 As a second step , we analyzed the e - mails sent to them , noticing that we used to send short   and objective e - mails , since we receive around 60 emails per day . But it was not working ,   because we had to wait till the next day to receive a reply , considering the time zones , and in   most times we did not received all the answers we wanted .   So we tried to build better e- mails , longer ones . We started using topics and different colors to show them the different   subjects we were talking about and how they should address all of them on the same email . 

 Insight & Approach 

 We noticed that they started to understand the projects better when we added images and   color codes in e - mails , but then we discover that sometimes the same word we used for   something with one supplier meant a completely different thing for another supplier ! This   discover helped us making a “ dictionary ” for our suppliers and what type of features each one   can present us , therefore being able to direct projects to a specific supplier that can achieve   what we expect with faster understanding . 

 Another surprise was that they started to suggest more solutions when what we asked was not   possible , since now they could visualize better our final objective . We learned that we can   trust them more as they showed more creativity and knowledge on technologies we have not   even heard about ! 

 For the future , we are hoping to present them the tool of Co - Creation in the annual meeting   we have , since it is easier for us to understand each other in person . We have a better   relationship with our suppliers now and we think they would be thrilled to be part of our   projects as co - creators !
### Output: 