To enter the supply chain field, you have three available choices — you can start as a buyer/planner/scheduler in a company; you can be an engineer designing supply chain software; alternately, you can be an IT consultant and advise companies how best to implement the systems that engineers design to optimize supply chain operations.

Buyer/Planner/Scheduler
Be a process expert says Raj Rajendran, CFO of nthOrbit, a San Jose-based supply chain software development company. He emphasizes that supply chain is all about procedure. People need to understand what the various processes are that make up the supply chain — designing the product, securing the order, processing it to the system, scheduling orders for production, purchasing the materials for production, manufacturing the product, shipping it, billing the customers for it and finally collecting the money from them. And then they need to make incremental improvements on each process.

Learning how to use systems, such as Oracle Database, SAP, and other ERP systems effectively is key. This allows you to employ the right software and adapt it to the needs of customers.

Entry-level workers need to be very detail oriented and keep three things in mind — meet the service level agreement (which is essentially fulfilling the promise of delivering the goods on time) because this provides credibility; keep inventory and overhead costs low and bring the product to the market speedily in a cost-effective manner.

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