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Build a development dashboard

Build a development dashboard

From the course: Careers in Supply Chain and Operations

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Build a development dashboard

- When it comes to professional development, you need to make sure you're investing your time and energy in things that are going to make the most difference. So let me show you how I build a professional development dashboard. At a high level, there are three areas that I focus on, knowledge of your context, subject matter expertise, and your professional network. Understanding context is really about business acumen. You need to understand the global business environment, know how your company fits in, and match that up with what's happening in your own department or the projects that you're working on. For example, do you know how interest rates affect the cost of holding inventory? That can be a huge factor in making a lot of supply chain decisions. Is your company positioning itself for growth, or is cost cutting the top priority? And how do the projects that you're working on right now tie into the larger strategy for the company? Next, let's talk about subject matter expertise.…

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