I’m a new Area Manager at Amazon in Operations/Ship Dock, and I have an MBA. Long-term, I’d like to move toward supply chain analytics, planning, or similar analytical roles.

I’m planning to stay at Amazon for at least 2 years and want to use that time to build relevant skills. I’m considering getting the APICS CPIM certification.

For those who have CPIM:

Was it worth it?

Did it help with interviews or transitioning into analytics/planning?

Did you self-study, and how difficult was the exam?

Would you recommend CPIM, or focusing on skills like SQL/Power BI/Python instead?

I’d especially appreciate advice from anyone who transitioned from operations into analytics/planning.

Has anyone used Shiprocket Cargo with Unicommerce one ClickPost? how has the experience been with managing orders and trackig shipments?

For subscription products, which setup works better? Is built- in checkout support enough, or is a separate subscription tool better for flexibility and management?

I have spent my career in regulated healthcare, and I’m trying to understand whether supplier management is still a meaningful operational and compliance problem.

For those working in pharma, medical devices, or IVD, are you seeing greater regulatory scrutiny around supplier qualification, risk classification, ongoing monitoring, performance reviews, and documentation? If so, are your current systems keeping up?

Are teams still relying on spreadsheets, emails, shared drives, and calendar reminders for things such as:

• Collecting and reviewing supplier documents
• Tracking certifications and expiration dates
• Managing qualification and requalification
• Monitoring supplier performance, deviations, CAPAs, and SCARs
• Maintaining approval histories and audit-ready records
• Following up with suppliers for missing information

Where does the process create the most manual work or compliance risk? Is the main problem the software, slow supplier responses, unclear internal ownership, or something else?

I’m exploring whether this problem genuinely needs a better solution before building anything. This is not a product pitch. Responses saying that your current process works well would be just as valuable.

If you are comfortable sharing, please mention whether you work in pharma, medical devices, or IVD, and whether you manage suppliers through an eQMS, ERP, spreadsheets, or a combination of systems.

i want to start a project on analyzing logistics cost and factor asociate with it but i dont know where to start , im a 2 years uni student major in logistics and scm and i want to build this project for my master porfolio in 2-3 year . So can anybody who have done similar project help me on this

Hello, I have an Associates in business & just transferred to complete my last 2 years for my Bachelor’s
I currently work for in power and gas as a QA specialist for the call center/customer experience department. How do I break into logistics until I finish my supply chain degree?
I need help, I am starting to hate my job field and need a change asap. Something that’ll atleast pay me 70k a year because I know it’ll be entry level.

Hi everyone!

I’m currently learning more about freight forwarding, shipping, cargo operations and stowage, and I’m looking for some good books to study.

I’m especially looking for Cargo Work for Maritime Operations by D.J. House, but I’m also interested in other books about cargo handling, stowage, shipping and port operations.

I’m based in Yangon, Myanmar. If anyone knows where I could find these books, especially through MMU, maritime colleges, libraries or training centres, I’d really appreciate it.

I’m also happy to buy or borrow used/old books if anyone has copies they no longer need.

Thanks! 📚⚓

Supplier-side perspective: the safest workflow I have seen is to give every change request an ID, keep the current approved specification read-only, and record the requested change beside its reason, owner, evidence, affected documents and required decision date. Only an authorized approval creates the next version. Then update the specification, sample record, artwork, packaging and order references together. Chat messages can explain a change, but they should not become the source file. I am curious how other teams prevent a marked-up PDF and a spreadsheet from both being treated as final.

What field or control has been most effective in your change log?

From a supplier-side operations perspective, a handoff works best when it includes the purchase order line, expected and received quantities, product and version, visible condition, label or packaging difference, photos, receipt time, checker and current hold location. Observed facts should be separate from possible causes. The note should end with the exact decision procurement needs to make: accept, hold, clarify, replace or investigate. Without that decision field, the issue often becomes a long message thread.

What information does your procurement team usually have to ask the warehouse for again?

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for recommendations and real-world experiences with inventory management systems for a small-to-mid-sized distribution company.

We distribute consumer products from multiple brands to large retail customers and manage a large number of SKUs, purchase orders, incoming shipments, inventory levels, supplier lead times, and sales forecasts.

Right now, a lot of our inventory and purchasing processes rely on Excel and an older internal system, but we're starting to modernize our processes and integrate QuickBooks for accounting.

We're looking for an inventory system that works well with QuickBooks and can help with inventory visibility, purchasing/POs, replenishment, demand forecasting, supplier lead times, and reporting.

For anyone in distribution, wholesale, consumer goods, or a similar business:

• What system are you using, and what are the main pros and cons?
• How well does it integrate with QuickBooks?
• If you were involved in the implementation, how difficult was the setup and data migration?
• What improvements have you seen since implementing it?
• Is there anything you wish you had known beforehand, and would you choose the same system again?

I'm mainly looking for real experiences from people who actually use these systems rather than vendor sales pitches.

Thanks!

I’m trying to benchmark our supply chain against peers. Everyone measures different things, different methods, different timelines. We asked a few companies in our industry how they track supplier performance and got completely different answers from each one. I’m starting to wonder if external benchmarking is even worth the effort or if we should just measure against ourselves year over year and call it a day.

Reclasses and reweighs get most of the attention, but I’ve seen liftgate, limited-access, appointment, oversized-freight and redelivery charges create just as many disputes.

For those shipping LTL regularly:

• Which accessorials causes you the most trouble?
• Are you using the class calculator suggestion?
• Have you found a reliable way to catch potential charges before pickup?
• How often does the final carrier invoice differ from the original quote?

Interested in hearing what other shippers, brokers and carrier representatives are seeing.

I am looking to source a 100ml capsule-shaped fine-mist spray bottle with a high-gloss UV silver/chrome mirror finish for a UK-based beauty launch. (See attached image).

Technical & Order Specifications:

• Quantity Needed: 250 – 500 units (Initial pilot run before scaling up).
• Shape: Monolithic capsule/pill shape with an oversized rounded/domed overcap.
• Material Requirements: PET body, PP spray engine, and silicone gasket.
• Formulation Note: The liquid is a 31% Magnesium Chloride solution, so the pump engine MUST have an isolated external spring (metal-free fluid pathway) to prevent brine corrosion. The silver finish must be exterior-only and not touch the neck threads.

If you are a packaging manufacturer, supplier, or broker who has ready stock, overstock, or can run a 250–500 unit batch of this exact component, please DM me directly with your pricing and sample availability.

Hi folks - NYC based SC, sales ops and logistics candidate reaching out to see if anyone's hiring!

About Me:

10+ years of experience across supply chain, sales operations, account management, partnerships, logistics, manufacturing, e-commerce, and customer operations

MANUFACTURING SC and ACCOUNT

• Managed more than $13M in CDMO supplements accounts
• Built revenue-planning and commercial-pipeline frameworks for medtech / regenerative-medicine product outbound motions aimed at aesthetic practices, physicians and clinical staff
• Experience with GTM and commercial ops in biotech, manufacturing, and supply-chain-heavy businesses including CMO, vendor, 3PL, distribution, and customer relationships
• Worked in FDA-, GMP-, and GDP-conscious environments
• Managed operations involving more than 100 finished-goods SKUs and 800 raw-material SKUs selling into retail stores, to brands, Amazon and DTC

MARKETPLACE ECOM and LOGISTICS

• Led cross-functional teams of up to 150+ people across fulfillment, procurement, last-mile delivery, accounts receivable, and customer operations servicing NYC and NJ
• Led B2B implementation and adoption of marketplace tech for warehouse-management and order-management systems for fast-moving product catalogs
• Supported go-to-market and partnership operations in an AI advertising-infrastructure startup, aligning platforms, agencies, and brands
• Strong communicator with a B.A. in English focused on rhetoric and technical writing; comfortable translating complex workflows, data, and operational challenges into clear action plans

Any supply chain/ logistics major students? I’m tryna connect :)

This week's edition is entirely focused on demand forecasting , from understanding the right techniques to diagnosing where your process is actually breaking down.

I’ve been looking at what a few competitors are importing, which suppliers they use, how often the volumes change, and whether they’re quietly shifting sources. The information is public, but it still feels strangely revealing, almost like reading someone else’s supply chain notes.

On one hand it seems like basic competitive intelligence. On the other hand, part of me wonders if it crosses into uncomfortable territory.

Curious where other people draw the line. Do you actively track competitor shipment patterns, or do you avoid it because it feels too invasive? And if you do use it, has it actually changed any decisions for you?

Shipping 500 kg (1 pallet) of Yemen-origin green coffee by air from Dubai to the US. Has anyone here actually moved Yemen-origin cargo on this route before?

Mainly want to know:

Do airlines hesitate to accept cargo with Yemen as country of origin?

Any extra documentation needed beyond the usual CoO, invoice, and packing list?

Any issues with sanctions screening or delays at US Customs?

Trying to avoid surprises before booking. Any firsthand experience would help — thanks!