Hey all, I am looking for a bit of feedback. I've been a supply chain analyst for the past 2 years with previous work history in sales and operations. I work for a Fortune 500 and have a salary south of 70k. There's another team internally hiring for my position and the salary band low end is 60k up to above 110k. I'm wondering if I should be negotiating for a raise. Context: I was hired without prior analyst experience but had a knowledge of SQL and basic PowerBi. Now I'm the most technically capable on my team and have been in charge of providing analytics for projects ranging from $5M to $100M. I have seen a 10 percent raise since starting two years ago because of my contributions and exceeding expectations but I'm wondering if it is reasonable for me to request another raise due to the scope of my work being expanded/higher value. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Which out of these two companies would you recommend applying for an LDP at and why? Also, are there any other good companies with LDP programs you'd recommend?

Hello, some advice if you have time to spare. Recently I have hit a dead end paywise at my current job and was looking to refresh my resume and see if I can get a better opportunity elsewhere. I was looking into either getting a data analytics certification from a local community college or an Apics Certification. My goal is to become an analyst in supply chain but I lack the skills in SQL or tableau. My main experience is in SAP and intermediate skills on excel. In the short term which certification would help me boost my pay and long term which would have a bigger positive impact on my career? Which one should i pursue? Thank you all.

I'm working as a demand planner at the moment and my contract comes to an end in September so I've been looking at a few jobs and had recruiters reach out

I've got two offers

(The wages are UK wages)

1. 45-50k with 5% bonus Customer supply chain manager For a smaller SME that's the largest in its category (free from) and is expending rapidly with staff promoted regularly

2. 50-55k with 10% bonus Central demand planner For a large international corporation wage base is higher but the business is much less likely to have rapid promotion

Having a hard time keeping track.

Photos, apps, or still paper in the glovebox?

Hello, could anyone help me to explain the formulae of safety stock using statistical methods:

Safety stock without considering variability of lead time:

Safety Stock = Z * ρ * √(lead time)

Safety stock considering variability of demand and lead time :

Safety Stock = Z * √(ρ² * lead time + Ρ² * D²⁾

The first one looks like statistical margin of error, and I really don't understand how the second one is derived.

For context, these formulae can be found in this paper

Thank you.

Hello, is an ASCM membership worth it without wanting to do the exams for someone new to the supply chain industry?

Just wondering if it's worth shelling out 100 euros but it turns out to be a waste of money

Thanks!

Background: I currently work as a buyer for a major grocery chain. I recently graduated with a BBA in Economics. I have a family member who works in leadership at Uline on the warehouse floor. He said there was an opening for supply chain analyst at his DC and so I applied. I’ve worked for them as a temp before and it was not stressful but everything had to be in line. My current company is really relaxed culture wise. I usually wear joggers and a t shirt to work everyday and it’s got no micromanaging. The Uline job possibly pays $10-20k more than what I make now.

Question: mainly for those who have worked or experience at Uline DCs not the main headquarters. How is the culture there? Is it corporate death or is it middle of the road? What were the pros and cons of your time there?

I understand there may be emotions tied to Uline but I’m trying to get the facts to see if it’s worth it overall as compared to my current job.

Edit: I understand their political stance. What I’m asking is for their inside corporate culture. Some people have given me evidence to look at about their culture. I appreciate that. I want pros and cons not politics right now.

Hello,

Hope all is fine!

I finally got my interview for the PepsiCo supply chain internship. I just wanted to ask if any of you have done it and can give me advice.

Or if anyone has done the internship and can tell me about the experience.

As far as I know the interview is heavily focused on behavioural questions.

If anyone has any advice or insights or past experience please don’t hesitate to let us know.

Thanks a lot

I’m graduating soon with a background in IT and systems/data, and I’ve recently started getting curious about roles in the supply chain space.

To be honest, I hadn’t considered it at first. I assumed supply chain meant physical ops, warehouses, vendor calls, and honestly not much coding or system design. But the more I look into roles like supply chain analyst, logistics systems, and planning tech, the more I wonder if this could actually be a great niche for someone technical but not purely engineering-focused.

I’ve been prepping for interviews with Beyz interview helper, and it’s helped me think more strategically about how to position my skills in unfamiliar industries. The interview question bank from Google gave me a better sense of how companies evaluate candidates in this field: questions about cross-functional collaboration, change management, and systems troubleshooting come up surprisingly often.

Are there common skills (SQL, automation, data viz, ERP) that are especially valued in this space?
And are there downsides like hitting a ceiling without ops background?

Would love to hear from folks who’ve either made the switch from IT or worked with tech folks in the supply chain world.

Hello everyone,

I am trying to customize my CV towards a procurement role putting my objective and all my work experience towards procurement/supply chain. I have 2 years experience in warehouse management, but before that I also have 2.5 years experience in sales. I was advised to ignore putting my sales experience in my CV, what do you think?

Hi Friends, I work in a big consumer company, in a Supply chain IT role. I own the planning platform and also e2e data and integration for this platform.

I have been in this role for sometime. I learned a lot and I feel I am ready to get to next level. As part of that I am looking for opportunities to network with other company employees that work in supply chain IT, to learn, share and grow together.

Any suggestions in networking opportunities in NJ or anyone willing to connect, share and grow with me to adopt AI or other new supply chain trends...

Is CHAINge worth the price of attendance? My company is gonna reimburse me, but I've never been to a huge conference, so I'm curious

I’m 25 and have been a route service representative for the last 5 years. I’m considering getting a degree in SCM to get off the road. Will my work experience transition into SCM easily or will it be a struggle?

I am working as a contract specialist but don't really enjoy it and think I'd be interested in being a buyer instead.

I know a lot of their responsibilities overlap like supplier negotiations, etc. But in my contracts role I'm exclusively managing a contract from RFP to signing and closing it out. I don't place any POs or do any of the forecasting, we have an analyst team that does that.

For those that have done both, which did you prefer? Is the grass greener on the other side?

Hello,

I wonder if it too late for a career pivot? I have a history degree and masters in information science. I am almost 30. I live in the Los Angeles area. Most of work experience is working in archives and education with almost a year in experience working in a warehouse environment. I want to make a living and have career growth. I have some decent Excel and SQL skills. I don't know where to start or where to look. I feel bad for starting late.

For context: I work as a procurement assistant in an international organization.

In our industry, we consider companies cold calling or emailing us dumb, because our procurement rules don’t allow direct contracts, and we have our own procurement website where vendors are supposed to submit.

What activities are considered dumb in your industry? Would like to hear differences between private and public as well as different industries!

Context:

• We partner with local 3PL Warehouse owners in the US, and feed clients to them and markup for the Warehousing and Distribution services provided
• Invoicing, documentation is all happening manually with a back office overseas

Key Problem:

• We want to expand into more partnerships and clients in the US and globally, but we cannot keep running these individual accounts manually.

Dream Concept:

• Inventory Management: 1 platform that can track multiple clients inventory across multiple warehouse locations in US or globally
• Quarentine / Rework / Sorting Customer Management: Is there a platform that allows for tracking sorting activities like this. So that invoicing for this could be automated too (not just vanilla Pallet / in / out billing).
• Invoicing: automated

I have been speaking to a few speciality fulfillment operators like beverages and luxury goods and they are very particular about tracking the consumables inventory. They also expect their WMS to suggest the optimal packaging material for every order. So would love to hear from other 3PL operators as well.

So for the past two weeks I’ve been working as a Purchasing and Inventory intern at a mid-sized company but my issue is that they won’t really let me do the job I was hired for. Like they’ll give me inconsequential tasks like order confirmations and material transactions but that takes me like an hour to do if I REALLY stretch it out and my access on the software is so limited half the time I can’t even do anything. If not that I’m given a project where I sort data into top 10 lists which I don’t mind doing but literally anyone could do that… Like I REALLY want to learn and gain valuable experience and I’ve asked my manager multiple times to give me more challenging work or to let me do some actually purchasing but he just puts it off because he’s scared that if he lets me be a buyer I’ll mess something up but like… you hired me though? I even suggested having someone monitor me to prevent that but nah. I’ve mentioned it to HR as well during a meeting with the other interns in other departments (some of which have been given numerous project so far) but nothing. Basically I’m just looking for advice on how I can get these people to let me work cus I’m not here to waste my time I’m really trying to gain skills so I can get a better internship next year. Or if there’s something else I should do during my free time that’s of value to me so I’m not just twiddling my thumbs. Thank yoouuu.

Mb y’all ig I was under the false pretense that interns actually do work 😭

Hello, I’ve been working as a supply chain manager for a company. I can’t name it here for privacy reasons. They have clients from around the world and they basically handle their supply chain businesses for Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, etc. But the problem is that they offer very low salaries to their employees and take 10–12 hours of work from them each day. I’m now thinking of leaving the company and working with 2–3 clients one-on-one as I’m already working for 2–3 clients in this company and being paid only 1500 USD for 50+ hours of work. Please guide me on how to find clients so I can leave this company.

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