How to make a Good VISUME

 Video resumes are modernizing the job-search process as we know it. A video resume is, a short video created by a job seeker to showcase their abilities beyond the capabilities of a traditional paper resume. Video resumes, also known as Visume, have been around since the 80’s but have recently taken off due to the growth of broadband connections and easy-to-use video-making applications.

A visume done correctly can have impressive results but done poorly, can affect your chances of getting an interview. If you’re thinking about going down the video resume route, we’ve got some tips for you below.

 

Tips for Creating a Video Resume

If you're considering creating a video resume as part of your job search, keep these tips in mind:

• Be professional: Dress as you would for an interview and maintain a professional demeanor. Avoid slang and, of course, cursing. Be cautious when it comes to jokes. What's funny to you may not make others laugh. 
• Find a good background: Pay attention to the background of shots: make sure it looks tidy and that there are no noises in the background. You'll also want to make sure the lighting is good. A shadow across half of your face can be distracting.  
• Prepare a script: Don't ad-lib your video. You want to seem natural and off the cuff, but should have a sense of what you want to say and how you want to phrase it. Do not read directly from a script or from your resume, as that leads to a dull video. Think of the video as a pitch for why a particular company should hire you. As such, your main objective should be to express what benefits you'll provide the company, as well as your goals, skills, and accomplishments. 
• Know your audience: As you plan your script and filming location, consider who will watch the video and calibrate accordingly. For instance, a video prepared for a position at a bank might differ from a video created for a start-up.
• Show, don't tell: Use visuals to illustrate what you're saying in the video script, ones that showcase your talents and skills. For instance, if you're applying for a job where presentations are a significant part of the role, you can film B-roll of yourself assembling a PowerPoint. If any of your presentations were recorded, use that footage in your video resume.
• Keep it brief: Videos should be between 30 and 90 seconds. Anything longer than that is unlikely to be watched.
• Share with friends and family: Getting feedback from others is an important step. Ask a few people to watch your video, and make edits and changes based on their comments. 

Always keep in mind that once your video is on the internet, you no longer have control over who sees it or how it's shared. Take feedback from friends and family seriously. If they think it's a misfire, do not send the video to potential employers. 

AI in supply chain management !

 

The application of AI in supply chain related-tasks holds high potential for boosting top-line and bottom-line value.

Operational procurement - To streamline procurement and related tasks through automation and augmentation with the help of chatbots, there is a need for robust and intelligent data sets which the procurement bot would be able to access as a reference. Chatbots are a form of artificial intelligence that can be used for functions like speaking to suppliers, place purchasing requests, and also to set and send actions to suppliers regarding governance and compliance materials. With the help of these automated functions in the supply chain, a company can increase their focus on other vital areas.

Supply chain planning - For any business, supply chain planning is a crucial aspect of the supply chain strategy. Machine learning coupled with supply chain planning could help companies in forecasting within inventory, demand, and supply. Machine learning also has the ability to revolutionize the agility and optimize supply chain decision-making. With the help of machine learning, supply chain managers can deliver the best possible outcomes based on intelligent algorithms and machine-to-machine analysis of big data sets.

Warehouse management - Supply chain planning is heavily reliant on proper warehouse and inventory-based management. One of the main problems most businesses face regarding warehousing is under-stocking or overstocking. Machine learning algorithms and data streams have precise predictive power to forecast the supply and demand. With this mechanism, issues pertaining to the shortage or excess stock can be avoided.

Logistics and shipping - The rising demand for on-time delivery is putting pressure on companies to improve the efficiency of their shipping and logistics facilities. Efficiency in shipping and logistics is a win-win situation for both the company and its customers. Faster and more accurate shipping reduces lead times and transportation expenses, adds elements of environmental friendly operations, and reduces labor costs.

Supplier selection - Choosing the right supplier and maintaining a good professional relationship with them is a crucial task for businesses. Also, sourcing from the right suppliers is an increasing concern for enhancing supply chain sustainability, CSR, and supply chain ethics. A single slip-up in this operation could lead to bad PR and negative publicity for a company. With the help of machine learning and intelligent algorithms, firms can get active real-time data about their suppliers. This will help them in better choosing the best supplier from the lot with minimum errors of judgment.

Types of Logistics in Supply Chain

 

1PL: 1st Party Logistics 

• The 1st party logistics to referred to a firm or individual, that has their own cargo, freight and can transport goods and merchandise from one point to another point.  

• They are the specifically the consigner of different goods and products and organizes the transport of products to their respective destinations.  

• It mainly consists of two parties that get benefit from the transaction. The manufacturer or the supplier and the person buying it. There are no other middlemen involved in the whole process. 

 

2PL: Second Party Logistics  

• A 2nd party logistics involves transport of goods from a particular transport area of the supply chain like rail, road, sea or air.  

• They are the asset-based carriers and includes like transport using ships of own lease and airlines that they are contracted with. They are mainly used for international transportation of heavy and wholesale goods and for trading purpose as well. 

 

3PL: 3rd Party Logistics 

• A 3rd party logistics is a supply chain that primarily concerns the transportation and delivery of different products but also includes various types of additional services as well. 

• The functions of 3PL include warehousing, terminal operations, customs brokerage, supply chain management and many more. It also includes logistics IT software products and analysis services, for tracking and tracing the delivery status of different products. 

 

4PL: 4th Party Logistics 

• 4th party logistics is a new concept which is coming into the market, and it involves employing an overseer for managing all logistic of a company and they are often treated as a consulting company for many supply chains.  

• They are frequently contracted with many 3rd party logistics and for maintaining neutral management and for providing feedback regarding various 3pl logistics services. 

• Therefore 4PL will include all the benefits of 3PL providers but also include: 

  • Project Management, sourcing and negotiation 

  • Logistics strategy and analytics 

  • Impartial service advice 

  • A single point of contact 

 

5PL: 5th Party Logistics 

• 5PL involves a fully integrated logistics solution to encompass the whole supply chain from beginning to end through multiple outsourced service providers.  The integration must be achieved through the application of IT solutions to provide full visibility throughout the supply chain in ‘real-time’.  

• The 5PL logistics provider would need to control the entire supply chain regardless of how many different service providers were involved. With the focus on technology the 5PL solution is best suited to e-commerce.

Bring peace with the Shanti Mantra

ॐ सह नाववतु |

सह नौ भुनक्तु |

सह वीर्यं करवावहै |

तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै॥

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

English Translation

Om! May God protect us both together; may God nourish us both together;

May we work conjointly with great energy,

May our study be vigorous and effective;

May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).

Om! Let there be peace in me!

Let there be peace in my environment!

Let there be peace in the forces that act on me!

The word Shanti means peace. Sometimes, no matter how peaceful you are, the surrounding environment in which you live in is not as calm as you want it to be. In fact, there are so many people who often complain about not having any peace at home, despite their efforts. What if we say there is one more effort that you can put, and you can get all the peace that you wish to enjoy not only at home but also within yourself?

Power:

Shanti mantras are extremely powerful and are said to bring miracles into your life.

Shanti mantras are not only to bring peace to your home and heart, but also to break the blocks and allow your problems to calm down.

Benefits:

Shanti mantras are powerful because it calls in for the Lord to protect us and bless us with the powers he has.

They allow us to accept nourishment from his end.

They make you believe in unity so that you can work on developing yourself, as well as humanity, and achieve all that goals that you have written down for yourself.

Ancient India....Amazing India..

How to write a blog effectively ?

 

How to start a blog ?

Heard about blogging ? Do you want to start your own blog but don't know how to do it?
Welcome guys, in this article I will tell you how to start a blog. 
I will tell you how to start a blog for free from scratch along with giving you some tips to grow fast on blogger. So let us begin !!

     Pic credits : Google

There are 5 steps to start a blog! 

Choosing a platform

Before you start with a blog, you have to choose a platform. There are two famous platforms, One is blogger and the other is wordpress. Many of the beginners start with blogger because it is a product of Google. In addition to this, you will get a free subdomain and the fastest hosting for free. Beware, if you create any kind of illegal blogs like movies' downloading website, your blog will be deleted by Google.

Niche

Niche is basically a particular topic on which you are starting your blog. It can be travelling blog, health blog, tech blog etc. Choose best niche for blog is a truly difficult thing. If you have any profession, then it will be easy to choose. To find best niche ideas for your blog, try to do some research on google. 

Domain And Hosting:

If you are just starting your journey, start with blogger. Many of the highest paid bloggers started here on blogger. You will get a free subdomain, 'blogspot.com' and a super-fast hosting. If you are going with wordpress, you will have to buy a domain and a fast hosting. There are many videos on YouTube that give insight on how to buy free domain and hosting. They will show you .tk .ml and other domains like this, but you will be facing problems while getting approval for these on Adsense and a fast hosting will be expensive. Either pick a paid domain and fast hosting or start with the blogger.

Customizations:

The next step is customizing your blog. How to do that ? Click on the layout option on left sidebar on the blogger. Delete the widgets that you don't want on your blog. Your blog should be simple, neat and clean. You can also add a subscription widget on your blog.

Post Articles:

After doing customization of your blog, start posting the articles. Post regularly minimum one article per day. You can decide the length of the article on your own. The positive point of a long article is when you will activate ads between the articles you will get more ads. But the key here is, you have to write your own articles. Never indulge in plagiarism or else your blog will not be shown by Google. Before writing an article, try to do some research on the keywords so that the SEO shows up your blog when certain keywords are typed.

And there, you are ready to create your first blog ! Happy blogging !

SMART Goals

Setting goals is about intentionally creating the life that you want, one step at a time.

Before moving on the SMART goals, Let us start with the 'wrong' goals.

A wrong goal is often imposed by others, whether explicitly or implicitly. It’s something we feel we should do based on our parents’ expectations, what our friends and colleagues are doing, the societal norms that exist around us.

A wrong goal is not aligned with our personal values, it’s inconsistent with your underlying beliefs, and it’s not something you fundamentally and genuinely care about.

When we choose the 'wrong' goal we are inevitably going to be half hearted in our attempts at achieving them, which means we are likely to fail.

One of my favourite quotes is this:

“It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.” 

- Stephen Covey, author of the classic, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Having the right goals in place is fundamental to successfully achieving them, and for that achievement to really contribute to your happiness and life satisfaction.

So what are the 'right' goals?

A meaningful goal is one that you have been thinking about for months or even years. This shows commitment, which will be important in getting you over that finishing line. A meaningful goal is one for which you are naturally motivated, versus someone else telling you that you should do it. Again, this will make sure that you’re committed to working hard in order to achieve it. A meaningful goal is one that is consistent with your personal values.

A meaningful goal is one that you’re willing to work hard for. 

And a meaningful goal is one that will truly have an impact on your life, in terms of your happiness, general life satisfaction, or any other aspect of your life that is important to you.

Finally, we come to the SMART part!

S – Specific: Getting specific on the goals that you want to achieve will give you more clarity on what success looks like, and help you to identify the concrete steps that will get you there.

M – Measurable: If you can’t measure your goal, then how will you know if you have achieved it? How will you track your progress?

A – Achievable: Goals that may seem completely out of your reach can become achievable if you break them down into smaller steps and give yourself a reasonable time frame in which to achieve them.

R – Relevant: A relevant goal is a goal that is meaningful to you, as well as being relevant to the wider context, to what’s going on in the world around you, personally and professionally.

T – Time-bound: Finally, setting a deadline will help you to focus and will also give you a sense of urgency, which can motivate you to act now rather than putting it off until later.

So set your Goal in SMART way...

Amul in the Amid of Corona Virus Crisis

 

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Late evening on 24 March, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a stringent 21-day lockdown and No one will be allowed to move out of their homes from midnight to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Even though essential services were exempted from the lockdown said by the PM, families across India rushed to grocery stores and dairy to stock up on essentials that night. Being an essential food item, dairy products were exempted from the lockdown.

India enforced a lockdown from 25 March to 7 June and most industries’ Supply chain was disrupted and also essential perishables like fruits and vegetables witnessed repeated fluctuations in prices and availability. But there were no instances of scarcity of dairy products or consumers being overcharged. Over the next three months Amul fulfilled the rising demand for milk as household consumption shot up. Demand for the long-lasting Amul butter and products like cheese nearly doubled, but there have been no shortages. During lockdown not a single case of infection was reported among plant workers. And not a single litre of milk was wasted in Amul.

How Amul model survived in that panic situation of national lockdown???

Amul has a mammoth Supply chain network in which 2.6 million farmers under GCMMF (Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation), 10,000 distributors and a million retailers include.

To handle the situation Amul began preparation by intensively planning with supply chain partners more than a week before the lockdown was announced. Soon after the lockdown imposed, Amul announced cash incentives for dairy plant workers, drivers, sales executives, distributors and retailers. Extra cash support of 100 to 125 Rs were given to casual workers for working during a pandemic and distributors also got an 35 paisa incentive per litre of milk. food and stay arrangements were arranged for workers inside dairy plants to avert any labour shortages.

Simultaneously, Amul reached out to the Union home ministry and state animal husbandry departments to arrange passes for its workers and ensure that empty trucks were allowed to return. To ensure uninterrupted supply of packaging materials, it engaged with district collectors where packaging factories were located. Amul even arranged for cattle feed to be transported from states like Punjab and Haryana for its farmers in Gujarat. Close to 45% of its products were moved via freight trains, which cut down transit time.

As an unorganized trade of small local dairies, Amul received 15-17% more milk from farmers. Demand for Amul’s packaged milk increased by 5-7% compared to pre-covid times as households chose a trusted brand over loose milk. Demand for cheese and paneer is increased 30% more even though closure of hotels and restaurants, while butter and ghee sales are up by 10-20%. Demand for ice creams decreased during the lockdown. But due to a flexible supply chain Amul was able to divert its distribution network of ice creams to other product segments.

The advantage of the Amul cooperative model is that profits are not a business target. They never turn a farmer away and the primary objective is to deliver products at the lowest possible price to the consumer. The success of the Amul model is a result of a unique mix—a company owned by farmers, managed by professionals, where consumer safety and trust are paramount.

The Goal : A Process of Ongoing Improvement

The book tells the story of Alex Rogo, a plant manager at UniCo who realizes that his factory is facing difficulties. Due to weak performance Alex’s boss Bill Peach gave three months to make the plant profitable otherwise he will shut the plant.

To solve the problem Alex takes help from Jonah. Based on Jonah’s guidance Alex gathered his team and found that the Goal of any company is to make more money rather than efficiency. Anything that brings him closer to the Goal is productive. And all other activities are non-productive. To achieve the goal they need to increase cash flow, ROI, and the net profits.

Jonah gave him three operational measurements - Throughput, Inventory and Operational expense. Throughput is cash coming in. Inventory is the cash at present inside the framework. Operational cost is the cash we need to pay out to get throughput going.

During the next meeting Jonah discloses the Theory of Constraints. Constraint is a factor that prevents the system from achieving the Goal. Constraints define the overall performance of the system. In the manufacturing plan bottleneck is the most important aspect to analyse performance of the plant. A bottleneck is any resource with lower capacity than the current demand. During more than one bottlenecks are present in the same line of flow, the one with the least capacity is the constraint. The only way to increase production is increase the capacity at the bottleneck operations.

After some work they found bottlenecks- NCX10 and heat treatment. Jonah explains that each minute of loss at a bottleneck results in lost throughput for the entire plant. So team decides to keep the bottlenecks fully utilized. To take care of problems occurring during the process of improvement Alex’s team takes some counter measures like keeping inventory and quality check before bottleneck and reduced the batch size. Despite many challenges they succeed to make the plan profitable and also break the record of previous sales. And Peach promoted Alex as head of the division to manage three plants instead of just one.

After Alex’s core team promoted to their new positions, they formulate a Five-step Process Of On-Going Improvement:

One - Identify the Constraint

Effective technique for that is a simple walk through manufacturing process. By reviewing equipment performance data, average cycle time and Inventory we can find out constraints.

Two - Exploit the Constraint

The output of the constraint restricts the output of the system as a whole. So it is important to maximize the utilization and productivity of the constraint. Some actions like, Create an inventory buffer in front of the constraint, Check quality immediately before the constraint, constraint capacity is continuously scheduled for running, can help for that.

Three – Subordinate every other constrain

The primary objective of non-constrain is to support the need of constraint. It is necessary to avoid it to produce more than the constraint can handle. So proper utilization of Upstream and Downstream equipment is needed.

Four – Elevate the Constraint’s performance

Once the capacity of constraint is 100% utilized, it needs to be expanded by investing in additional machineries/land, labour. Without implementing 3rd step investing too soon raises risk unnecessarily because there is always hidden capacity available.

Five – Repeat the Process and go back to the beginning

If the current constraint has been broken, then look for a new constraint and repeat the process from step one.

By means of this book dr. Goldratt explains business fundamentals give a new approach to solve a problem.

Application of TOC in my life:

When I was a design engineer, my team was working on new development of equipment which works on hydraulics. Due to new development and inadequate knowledge my team is running out of time and it seems impossible to release design on time. At that time our manager introduced us to the concept of TOC. With help of him we identify the flow diagram of the design process and find interdependent events. We found that the main structural designs design depends on the hydraulic cylinder mounting and sleeve bearing availability. Based on the mounting point we also need to identify the availability of the cylinder and power and flow capacity of the HYD power pack. So basically HYD cylinder and bearing is our constraint and causes a bottleneck. We called that items as long lead items and we first worked on them and released them first. Due to proper guidance & planning we could complete our project within the time limit.

Blockchain in Supply Chain..

Blockchain consists of transactions (blocks) linked as a chain. Every transaction has a timestamp and the next transaction is linked to it, so we can easily know where that money came from and where it went. Blockchain is a digital ledger that is available to everyone.

These transactions will be verified by miners. All transactions will be saved in the computers of all miners. Anyone can become a miner.

Pros of Blockchain Technology:-

•     Blockchain technology, if used in money transaction services allows peer to peer transactions directly without the intervention of banks and government. For example, if I want to send money to someone in UK, my bank should approve the transaction and after that the receiver’s bank should also approve it. With Blockchain technology, this can be eliminated.
• By this, there is no need to pay extra charges for the banks. Processing of the transaction will be faster, because of no third party intervention.
• There will be less frauds and money laundering incidents, because there will be a ledger of transaction available to everyone. This creates transparency.
• If data has to be modified, certain number of miners should accept it. And hence, there will very less chances of data manipulation and hence results in high security.
• Services using Blockchain technology will be too tough to be hacked.
• Blockchain technology is not just limited to financial sector. This can be used in many sectors such as insurance, health sectors etc.
• For example, in health sector, the health history of people, the medicines they take, treatments they have undergone can be stored using blockchain technology in a chronological order and can be shared with the doctor to provide a better health services to patients.

Cons of Blockchain Technology:-

• We do not yet know the security vulnerabilities of Blockchain technology. We cannot say that it is hack-proof.
• As block chain technology decentralises all transactions, there will be no regulator like central bank. Sometimes, it is very important to have a regulator.
• Blockchain technology is very costly. Verifying transactions (mining) involves encryption and decryption, which requires huge amounts of electricity.
• Though less, there will still be some charge for using financial services that run on blockchain technology. For example – Bitcoin transactions also charges some amount.

Blockchain technology has a lot of potential to solve the present issues especially in the financial sector. Banking sector is making plans to use blockchain technology in its services. In India, NITI Ayog recommended using this technology for land and health records of all states in India. Andhra Pradesh government already started using it for the land records of its capital city – Amaravathi.

 

 

Walmart using Blockchain to improve food safety

Walmart is currently making use of blockchain technology to create a food traceability system based on the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric. Along with IBM, the retail giant has already tested two proof-of-concept projects to examine its envisioned system. 

The first project deals actively with tracing the origins of the mangoes being sold across Walmart’s stores in the United States, while the other seeks to trace the pork meat being sold via the company’s different Chinese outlets. From an efficiency perspective, the research team at Walmart claims that by making use of this new system, the time needed to trace the firm’s provenance has dropped from seven days to just 2.2 seconds.

Now, the company claims that because of Walmart’s Hyperledger Fabric-powered blockchain system, the firm has the ability to trace the origins of over 25 products from five different suppliers. In this regard, the firm has even announced that it will soon be requiring all of its vegetable suppliers to adopt this new system so as to enhance operational transparency as well as internal accountability.

 

Maersk

The world's largest shipping company completed its first test of blockchain technology in March 2017, looking at how it could help manage its cargo. In the test, Maersk, Dutch customs, and US Homeland Security were all able to remotely access data about the cargo, suggesting the technology may streamline and secure international shipping.

British Airways

The airline tested using blockchain to manage data about flights between London, Geneva, and Miami in 2017. Using one unchangeable history source, the airline hoped to reduce conflicting flight information coming from gate monitors, flight apps, and the airline's website.

FedEx

FedEx, shipping giant, joined BiTA and has already launched a blockchain-powered pilot program to help solve customer disputes. The company hopes the program will clarify what data should be stored on blockchain to best remedy customer issues.