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WORK REPORT University of Houston I was offered an internship by I started working on at the office located in Houston As a supply chain intern I learned how the supply chain works in the business Following are my job responsibilities mentioned in brief Reviewing the purchase order requisitions and processing it utilizing the purchasing best practices In my company the purchase orders are manually generated by the back office in India My role includes reviewing the purchase orders preparing the invoices packing list and filling out SLI Thus I single handedly take care of excess paperwork I process more than 20 orders per week and maintain a database system for each order by the client name so that they can be easily traced I have also created a filling system which helps us in avoiding duplicate request issues Working closely with the logistics department with the dispatch order of specially requested items The company takes help of DHL UPS FedEx logistics and the nominated freight forwarders set up by the customers directly to control the forward and reverse flow of the goods The biggest challenge in my opinion within logistics department is with respect to the time management As we don t have any dedicated logistics for our company I had to manage my time with all the logistics services My presence in the office is very much necessary whenever we must ship or receive the goods Hence I work extensively to schedule all the pickups or drop offs Our company ship goods in the range 200lbs to 500lbs Hence the shipping cost plays a major role in the company's budget
