Weekly Reflection

My first week on senior project has been nothing short of really cool. Although there may have been some grunt work that wasn't exactly fun, it's all part of the job and it's super cool to see how everything works. Getting the opportunity to shadow our managers and see how each of them operates in tandem with each other while doing completely different tasks. I thought that following Maggie around for a day was definitely the coolest because she's one of the people in charge of coming up with new product designs and ordering more merchandise. It was super cool to see how long the process is to come up with a new product design and how much work really goes into it. It's not as simple as just photoshopping something up and ordering it because you have to make sure it will sell, make sure that it won't cost too much, and make sure we have space for a new product in the store. 

Another thing I thought was cool was when the store received 16 pallets of merchandise at once. We had to unload, transfer, and unpack every single box up into the warehouse and then count and put away everything. It's a tedious process but the system that it creates is extremely efficient and is clearly worth the long process. Our warehouse is split into two parts and the main part is every single piece of clothing or headwear we sell. The other part is every single piece of memorabilia or novelty item in the store. The novelty section is boring and dusty but the clothing and headwear part is just absolutely massive.

So far, I've gotten to shadow two managers, helped unload a 16 pallet truck delivery, and learned how to count, store and check every single piece of product from that delivery. I have also learned much more about the lengths the store goes to when producing a new product design and how long it takes for that design to come to life. I think this first week has been very productive and I hope the second week is even better! And I get to experience what it's like during games!