The company that I interned with was a heater company out of Detroit, that distributes their product to suppliers overseas. We visited a lot of the warehouses that the product was brought to and met with the suppliers from China. It is interesting to see all the places product has to go to before it is brought to its final location.
Also, I learned a lot about the different aspects of the business that need to tie together for a successful product to come out the way that it is intended. We had to meet with the cities leader of the gas line to be able to work out the lowest price for the heater units to use and make them a competitive product to be sold in the area.
This was one of many different things that we had do to help increase the price efficiency of the product and make it more competitive for the market of China.
Although this experience was not fully related to supply chain, I was able to travel and visit a lot of different parts aspects of this companies supply chain and understand the how it all comes together to deliver the final product.
My job shadow opportunity sparked my interest in Supply Chain and I hope that in the future I will be able to do a supply chain specific internship.
-Kenzie Miller
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