An Introduction
to Me
I am a 21-year-old
student in my final year of my bachelor of business (Honors) degree within the
marketing stream, I am studying at SETU Waterford. My first year in college was
online through Zoom due to the pandemic, my second year was hybrid, meaning it
was partly online and partly in person. In my third year, we had to decide which stream
to focus on and in the second semester of my third year, we were given the options
of studying abroad, teaching placements, work placement, or an enterprise start-up. I chose to part take in the work placement as I have no interest in a
teaching placement or starting up a mini company and studying abroad would be
too expensive.
My work
placement took place in Camida in Clonmel which is a pharmaceutical company, I was
offered a position there for my placement by the owner as he is a close family
friend. My placement was six months long (16th January to 14th
July), I was originally supposed to do 6 weeks in each department
(Administration, Accounting, Sourcing, Logistics), although after my first week
and a half in the company and within the administration department, an employee
within the sourcing department was resigning so I was moved to the sourcing department
for the remainder of my placement.
In sourcing
the sourcing specialist acts as the middleman for customers to obtain materials,
so instead of them going to 25 different suppliers for different products they
can contact us directly, and we will then contact multiple different suppliers regarding
these products and find the best deals. I was involved with the admin side of
it as I was not in contact with the suppliers or customers, so I was creating
and updating enquiry forms and sample forms, and uploading files to the databases.
Information
systems used in my work placement:
·
SharePoint services: Enquiry forms, Portals for
each department, Secure customer portal.
·
Access services: Sample Logs, Safety Data Sheet logs, and Certificate of Analysis logs.
·
Office Automation System: Email, Voice Mail, Database to keep
track and store work hours to allow for flexi-time.
·
Cloud-based platforms: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, storing
files.
The importance
of information systems within the workplace
It gives
them a competitive advantage as it allows them to return information to
customers in a detailed and time-efficient manner, and it allows them to
access past forms for details in regard to past suppliers of materials.
Having their databases and forms located digitally rather than on paper it allows for
ease of access to past and current information and is time efficient as they do
not have to go searching through boxes of files and folders on past products.
Cloud-based platforms are essential in the workplace especially if the workplace has more
than one location or if they have remote working, Camida has a branch in the UK
and they allow their employees to work from home occasionally. This is
essential as it allows for easier methods of contacting each other and having
more personal meetings with customers who are in different countries.
References
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