I was employed for 3 months at Diftco, near Birmingham, under the supervision of Ms. Witten. the target of the internship was to gain management experience in an industrial environment. Diftco exports construction equipment and is one of the foremost profitable firms in the region. I worked within the Export Office most of your time, where I used to be responsible for preparing shipping documents. I used to be also liable for checking containers within the warehouse, where the equipment is assembled and packed. I successfully learned to use the automated Universal Product Code system used in the warehouse. this is often a classy automatic system, which assigns a code and an edge to each component within the warehouse. However, it was interesting to get that even such a classy tool can never eliminate human error. Perhaps the foremost valuable lesson I learned was to double-check the information. The importance of careful checking was emphasized once I, unfortunately, sent a container to Austria rather than Australia, because I had misunderstood my correspondent on the phone. The company is successful and well organized, with a motivated, hard-working and dedicated staff. However, I feel I might be more effective in an environment with more variety and less routine paperwork. One area of the company’s activity leaves room for improvement, which is that the problem of waste within the warehouse. A more systematic policy of recycling would help to unravel this problem. The course module in international trade studied last semester was extremely valuable in understanding how a corporation like Diftco works. Thanks to this preparation, I used to be ready to establish an honest rapport with the export staff. On the opposite hand, communication with the warehousemen was far more difficult, mainly because many of them do not speak English. Overall, the internship was a positive experience, which allowed me to gain significant experience in three months. However, I mostly worked alone and thus didn't achieve the goal of acquiring management experience. A placement at Diftco would be most precious for first-year students; second-year students would benefit from an edge with greater management responsibility.
I
was employed
for 3 months at
Diftco
, near Birmingham, under the supervision of Ms.
Witten
.
the
target of the internship was to gain management
experience
in an industrial environment.
Diftco
exports construction equipment and is one of the foremost
profitable
firms
in the region. I worked within the Export
Office
most of your time, where I
used
to be responsible for preparing shipping documents. I
used
to be
also
liable for checking containers within the warehouse, where the equipment
is assembled
and packed.
I
successfully
learned to
use
the automated Universal Product Code system
used
in the warehouse.
this
is
often
a classy automatic system, which assigns a code and an edge to each component within the warehouse.
However
, it was interesting to
get
that even such a classy tool can never eliminate human error. Perhaps the foremost valuable lesson I learned was to double-
check
the information. The importance of careful checking
was emphasized
once I, unfortunately,
sent
a container to Austria
rather
than Australia,
because
I had misunderstood my correspondent on the phone. The
company
is successful and well organized, with a motivated,
hard
-working and dedicated staff.
However
, I feel I might be more effective in an environment with more variety and less routine paperwork. One area of the
company
’s activity
leaves
room for improvement, which is that the problem of waste within the warehouse. A more systematic policy of recycling would
help
to unravel this problem. The course module in international trade studied last semester was
extremely
valuable in understanding how a corporation like
Diftco
works. Thanks to this preparation, I
used
to be ready to establish an honest rapport with the export staff. On the opposite hand, communication with the warehousemen was far more
difficult
,
mainly
because
many
of them do not speak English.
Overall
, the internship was a
positive
experience
, which
allowed
me to gain
significant
experience
in three months.
However
, I
mostly
worked alone and
thus
didn't achieve the goal of acquiring management
experience
. A placement at
Diftco
would be most precious for
first-year
students; second-year students would
benefit
from an edge with greater management responsibility.