QnA
How can one explore this sector?
Aditya Ramaswami: I had no clue about SCM and just a small project in my PS1 helped me. Opportunities are plenty and without giving it a shot you cannot decide whether this is for you or not. People say they are born with it but people can be moulded.
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How can students build their profiles for roles in this field?
Aditya Ramaswami: Strong communication skill is a must in this field for streamlining the tasks and making the process efficient. Some lean operations based courses like lean manufacturing, operation management, optimization are very important. Just for your information, Toyota is a pioneer in lean manufacturing and this field deals with employees and how to manage them in order to increase the overall efficiency.
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How competitive is this field in terms of placement opportunities?
Aditya Ramaswami: People are interested in this field and are talking about it these days. At an industry level people know in and out about this field and come with a lot of experience so it gets competitive there. At college level I think it is doable. Competition is high but success rates are also moderately good unlike core.
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Does HR always prefer corporate internships while recruiting ? Does having a research internship instead of a corporate one in operations harm while sitting for placements?
Aditya Ramaswami: It depends on how you sell it. Research internships show that you have a deep understanding and have a good weightage. I feel both corporate and research internships have good weightage.
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Could you comment on the growth opportunities?
Aditya Ramaswami: It has infinite possibilities with respect to the endless operations of e-commerce. Especially if you get into this field young as you get to know what is expected and what is the business agenda and vision.
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What is the difference between SCM and Operations?
Aditya Ramaswami: SCM deals with all the transactions or flow of services that take place outside the company and operations is a field which deals with the transactions taking place within the company.
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What are the exit options available if someone wants to withdraw from this field?
Aditya Ramaswami: One can translate to various fields like analyst, product manager, senior analyst, a lot of number analysis, data analysis also takes place in various industries.
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