Reflection - Visualiation 

 Challenge 

 I am purchasing and logistics specialist in an international gold mining company who is   in charge of procurement of goods such as mechanical equipment or diverse work - site   requirements to to mine site in Africa . Recently the amount of the order of the goods   we received from the mine site reached to an uncontrollable number along with their   urgencies as the operations need to be expanded . Thus , delays and following that   complaints from the mine site started to arise . Our supply chain management team was   asked to create a project to find out reasons of limitations with procurement to explain   other departments current capabilities . Because mine site applies a vast pressure on   supply chain department to receive all the orders always on time . Conflicts between   supply chain management team and mine - site causes processes to be even longer than   usual . To determine existing problems , and to explain these to other departments with   the simplest way , a workshop of two weeks was started . 

 Selection 

 Visualization is the fundamental tool selected to determine flowchart of supply chain in   the company . The reason of the visualization slection is that mapping of activities along   with the stakeholders of supply chain can be comprehended easily with a summarizing   flowchart . As explained by Angela Myer in the first week of the course : “ pictures and   images help us better narrate how system works . Idea is to prepare a general   overarching flowchart which illustrates key activities , stakeholders , problem causes in   delivery . The purpose of the workshop was to establish a concrete base for a further   performance improvement practice . 

 Application 

 Initially supply chain team was asked to prepare a workflow for procurements that they   are responsible for . Four specialist in the team , drew sketches of the recent   procurements they managed in last two months . Thus a pool of stakeholders being   involved to the supply chain were determined recently . Then the importances of   suppliers are identified as a result of discussion and they are written in bubbles . Bubble   sizes indicate the importance of each supplier . The bigger size refers to the more   importance of that supplier for the company . Later on general activities are drawn as a   result of brainstorming to summarize overall supply chain with the members of the   department . Finally , with key stakeholders and activities defined , determination of   problems arising on steps of supply chain flowchart are discussed . Problems that were   dealth with by each specialist according to the experiences are drawn inside red squares   with keywords , either inside or outside the company . Eventually , overall map of supply   chain was prepared to present responsibles from the departments being involved to   procurement . 

 The map is intended to serve as a bridge between mine site and supply chain   department to solve conflict , and find solutions to existing problems . In a meeting , the   map was presented and detailed for other departments . At the end of the meeting ,   other departments agreed on the fact that majority of the problems causing delays in 

 procurement stems from insufficient communication between departments . Thus , the   flow of knowledge is blocked and some processes must be repeated over and over again .   Workflow provided an abstract yet explanatory overview on suppl chain activities for   other departments , and raised more awareness on the actual facts . 

 Insight 

 Outcomes of the visualization based workshop were found significantly effective by   managers of each department . More efficient sommunication and collaboration started   to be observed between mine - site and office departments , mostly with procurement .   What I found mostly effective was identification of the importance of suppliers for the   company . This helped us evaluate the replaceability of many suppliers we are working   with . Visual explanation of activities made it much easier for us to describe some major   issues to others by providing them a wider perspective to look at . 

 Approach 

 As I had to use the visualization tool in a hands - on experience , I became more aware of   how effective and simple it could be to deliver ideas and persuade others . However , for   the following steps of the supply chain performance improvement study in my company ,   I would prefer using learning launch to focus more on problems and their solutions in a   timely manner . Because solving the problems requires more idea generation than   depiction of activities with visualization tools . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
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### 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 - Visualiation 

 Challenge 

 I am purchasing and logistics specialist in an international gold mining company who is   in charge of procurement of goods such as mechanical equipment or diverse work - site   requirements to to mine site in Africa . Recently the amount of the order of the goods   we received from the mine site reached to an uncontrollable number along with their   urgencies as the operations need to be expanded . Thus , delays and following that   complaints from the mine site started to arise . Our supply chain management team was   asked to create a project to find out reasons of limitations with procurement to explain   other departments current capabilities . Because mine site applies a vast pressure on   supply chain department to receive all the orders always on time . Conflicts between   supply chain management team and mine - site causes processes to be even longer than   usual . To determine existing problems , and to explain these to other departments with   the simplest way , a workshop of two weeks was started . 

 Selection 

 Visualization is the fundamental tool selected to determine flowchart of supply chain in   the company . The reason of the visualization slection is that mapping of activities along   with the stakeholders of supply chain can be comprehended easily with a summarizing   flowchart . As explained by Angela Myer in the first week of the course : “ pictures and   images help us better narrate how system works . Idea is to prepare a general   overarching flowchart which illustrates key activities , stakeholders , problem causes in   delivery . The purpose of the workshop was to establish a concrete base for a further   performance improvement practice . 

 Application 

 Initially supply chain team was asked to prepare a workflow for procurements that they   are responsible for . Four specialist in the team , drew sketches of the recent   procurements they managed in last two months . Thus a pool of stakeholders being   involved to the supply chain were determined recently . Then the importances of   suppliers are identified as a result of discussion and they are written in bubbles . Bubble   sizes indicate the importance of each supplier . The bigger size refers to the more   importance of that supplier for the company . Later on general activities are drawn as a   result of brainstorming to summarize overall supply chain with the members of the   department . Finally , with key stakeholders and activities defined , determination of   problems arising on steps of supply chain flowchart are discussed . Problems that were   dealth with by each specialist according to the experiences are drawn inside red squares   with keywords , either inside or outside the company . Eventually , overall map of supply   chain was prepared to present responsibles from the departments being involved to   procurement . 

 The map is intended to serve as a bridge between mine site and supply chain   department to solve conflict , and find solutions to existing problems . In a meeting , the   map was presented and detailed for other departments . At the end of the meeting ,   other departments agreed on the fact that majority of the problems causing delays in 

 procurement stems from insufficient communication between departments . Thus , the   flow of knowledge is blocked and some processes must be repeated over and over again .   Workflow provided an abstract yet explanatory overview on suppl chain activities for   other departments , and raised more awareness on the actual facts . 

 Insight 

 Outcomes of the visualization based workshop were found significantly effective by   managers of each department . More efficient sommunication and collaboration started   to be observed between mine - site and office departments , mostly with procurement .   What I found mostly effective was identification of the importance of suppliers for the   company . This helped us evaluate the replaceability of many suppliers we are working   with . Visual explanation of activities made it much easier for us to describe some major   issues to others by providing them a wider perspective to look at . 

 Approach 

 As I had to use the visualization tool in a hands - on experience , I became more aware of   how effective and simple it could be to deliver ideas and persuade others . However , for   the following steps of the supply chain performance improvement study in my company ,   I would prefer using learning launch to focus more on problems and their solutions in a   timely manner . Because solving the problems requires more idea generation than   depiction of activities with visualization tools .
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