Virtual Internship: SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

George Brown College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Rebecca Tapiero She / Her
Project Coordinator, Work-integrated Learning & Experiential Education
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General
  • Undergraduate; 3rd year
  • 1 learner; individual projects
  • 360 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 30 projects wanted
  • Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Any
Categories
General Accounting Leadership Organizational structure Operations Project management
Skills
competitive analysis project planning sales & marketing business services business strategy
Project timeline
  • May 19, 2020
    Experience start
  • July 18, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • August 15, 2020
    Experience end
Overview
Details

Benefits to your company

Students in the Business Administration – Supply Chain and Operations Management advanced diploma program are prepared to perform market forecasting, demand management, production planning and other functions in supply chain management, more specifically: logistics, transportation, warehousing, exporting, procurement, planning and forecasting.

*Students are available between May 19th -August 14th and require a total of 360 hours.

Learner skills
Competitive analysis, Project planning, Sales & marketing, Business services, Business strategy
Deliverables

To be decided with the industry partner and academic internship coordinator.

Project Examples

Students are ready to contribute to (as individuals or in a team): • Analysis of the impact of an organization's supply chain initiatives on its human resources management strategies, policies and practices • Compliance of an organization with relevant national and internal law, regulations, safety requirements and professional standards • Application of the knowledge of the functional components in the integrated supply chain including logistics, purchasing, distribution, transportation and warehousing • Use of supply chain tools and resources, in order to comply with the requirements of supply chain management • Interpretation of relevant financial documents and assessment of financial strategies that support an organization's supply chain

Students' abilities include:

1. Examine the connections between strategic objectives, stakeholder expectations, and supply chain functions, processes and roles, to support decision-making, problem-solving and coordination of tasks.

2. Determine the value added and financial implications of supply chain decisions on overall business profitability, efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction.

3. Ensure supply chain activities and transactions are compliant with relevant legal, regulatory and contractual obligations, and industry and organization standards and policies for quality, health, safety, accountability, social and environmental responsibility.

4. Use risk mitigation tools and strategies to inform supply chain management decisions.

5. Manage the acquisition and sale of goods, services and materials in accordance with best practices and public and private sector stakeholder expectations across a variety of industries.

6. Plan and schedule material requirements and resource allocation and manage inventories for efficient production and fulfillment of customer orders and returns.

7. Manage the efficient handling and movement of goods, services, materials and related information within and between supply chains.

8. Contribute to the identification and management of continuous improvements to functions and processes within and between supply chains.

9. Use available technologies to enhance work performance and support supply chain functions, processes, transactions and communications.

10. Monitor relevant trends, emerging technologies, and local and global economic, political and environmental issues to enhance work performance and guide management decisions.

11. Maintain relationships with a diversity of stakeholders.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.