Draft version of POHA

Aah with all good chefs living along(Prajit , Balu and Pramod).....I also got hooked to some cooking today. First try at POHA and decent enough to eat :).

Crossdocking

Some gyan after a long time.....hardcore knowledge. While going through the first chapter of the supply chain management book came across the term crossdocking....though heard a lot of times but had not got a clear idea of what exactly it is. So spent an hour researching on the same. So what exactly is cross docking..... huum before that
Traditional method of goods management :
goods from vendors----warehouse----retail outlets/customer
Here generally warehouse has 4 activities--receiving, storage, order picking and shipping.

CrossDocking helps in removing the storage and order picking activity from the above activities of warehouse. Crossdocks are essentially transshipment facilities to which shipments arrive in carriers(usually trucks) with goods that are loaded onto outbound carriers mostly within 24 hours.

In the traditional model warehouse maintains stock until a customer orders, then the product is picked , packed and shipped.When replacements arrive at the warehouse they are stored until the customer is identified. In crossdocking, the customer is known before the product gets to the warehouse and there is no need to move it to storage. Inventory holding costs also get minimized, space required is also less (warehouse Vs crossdock).

RETAILERS

VENDORS

Wallmart has executed it successfully and almost 85% of its products are crossdocked.One of its major competitive advantages against its competitors.

But implementing crossdocking has its own challenges. First coordination among all members, vendors and retailers/customers. Also establishment of system information system requirements is a major barrier in implementing crossdocking successfully. Hence still its not that famous but the trends are positive as the global competition increases and efforts to reduce down costs on all fronts increase.

Crossdocks generally have rectangular shape with some in L, H or T shapes.

Links Crossdocking Keeps A Knocking , Crossdocking

Runners Up at SYNERGY 2006

Had been working on the business plan for Synergy 2006 (a patent commercialization business plan competition ) organized by NTU with 6 of my other group members since June. Finally the efforts paid of well with our team PLASMA CORP. winning the 2nd Prize in the competition with cash reward of 3000 SGD on 23rd Sept. It has been a great experience working with the team. Synergy effect was definately there among all, which made such outcome possible. Excellent team, though too much perfectionism , including myself :) . Really amazes me of people with such diverse backgrounds and nationalities( Indian, Singaporean, Chinese, French and American) can form such a strong team. Truly global yet highly synergized. I personally had to struggle a bit over my fear of public speaking before final presentation...too much nervousness ...I feel very jittery whenever I am supposed to speak in front of a big crowd. Team members helped a lot in boosting up my confidence,thanks to their efforts, hoof finally somehow I managed to deliver decently. Now next time its going to be much easier.I wonder why as I use to easily give training sessions to 30 people with much ease in my last job. May be the comfortability factor I had made the difference earlier. Only the speaking part is troublesome when its like a monologue......Q&A after the presentation , all that jitter goes away...strange. May be I should practice more of speaking in public to overcome this phobia. Just typed in google on same (fear of public speaking) and wooooh 21,300,000 search results, no wonder there are many out there like me :) . Found some interesting articles : 1, 2 .

Amazing virtual world....connecting to real

Opening up of the internet era has virtually opened a new platform for introverts like me. Now when I look at my friends list in Orkut , I wonder am I actually an introvert or may be an ambivert. Orkut is just amazing....a brainchild of Orkut Buyukkokten, a google employee.I got connected back to some of my school days friends after nearly 10-12 years. So easy to remain in touch with those you know and get connected to those u had known so far but were not in contact anymore and get connected with more like minded people...no geographical boundries. I feel more at ease to speak virtually with many and I guess its the same with many others (esp. intros and ambis). Ya its virtual to start with but once one get at ease virtually, its easy to get at ease in real ....internet just fills this spot for many who are reluctant to start of a conversation directly and find a place where they can start at ease being their own self.....messengers, blogs, online communities...all do wonders..... (personal opinion, u can have your own views).

Piece of Art

An artistic piece which has taken a long time of about 18 months to get into its current form. Really a lot of work as can be seen from its present status. Its a rarity in Singapore to find such items. The main ingredients to have such a piece are laziness, dont care attitude and living as a bachelor.No more in use now.....

Running against time...

Huuf....the developments in the past week have shook me off the ground with the new internship. Suddenly there is a dire need to do planning, saving on each bit of time....its become a 24*7 working hours...one thing or the other keeps coming in to keep me occupied. Internship work is challenging and interesting but needs to be done in a short period of time.Still cant do without some blogging and online chatting/games.....now becoming a necessity like food(refreshment) :) . Testing the limits of streching yourself, its fun to go through this experience though...u get to know your capabilities and how much u can handle.... ah all comes under MBA experience...part of the deal. You got to organize, plan.....smooth waves are no more.....time for a rough ride....