Blog Observation 2/class

I guess that the only thing that really surprised me was the amount of boxes full of different computer parts that where in the warehouse. There were all kinds of boxes stacked up in pallets all over the place there where hard drives, mouses, camaras, cases, and screens of 17' and 19' sizes. It intrigued me the way that they drive this little car inside the warehouse which drives two poles into the palets and raises them so they can stack ontop of other merchendise. They drove this little car with perfection around so many boxes fixing everything in sight so that mobility could be easier when ever an order must be done, everything was also seet according to its rotation meaning in the back the items that move less and towards the front the items that get sold the most. The only thing that was annoying was that it was like a dessert in the warehouse but I was only there for a bit because there were moving to many things around and needed space. these observations are different than my first observation because there was so much more movement going on comapared to the first day which was kind of boring because everything was so slow.

Observation 2

Wendsday the 27 for about an hour and a half I went to the company Kode Technologies. I went in with the intention of doing a couple interviews and getting some more information on their daily work life. Yari Gonzales was the first person I interviewed. She is the manager of the US company called Exxel computing and she explained to me that the name changes because its different companies inside of one huge company. She is in charge of the logistic, accounting, shipping, and recieving. As the accountant she has to prepare checks, load information into the system, and do the payroll. As for logistics she has to make sure everything gets shipped and received on time perfectly. She also has to verify merchandise, documentation of export and import, report everything to Caracas weather its by plane or ship like height, weight, damages, and how much, as well as prepare everything for customs.

Deborah Gomez is the assistant manager and she basically does the same job as Yari stated above. The only other things that she does which Yari doesn't do are invoices and coffee. Next I interviewed the workers in the back who are called Javier Torres and Eddie. They are both hard workers who take the merchandise out and into containers, check for damages, clean, organize, inventory, fix damages, and pack merchandise safely for transportation. They also take constant pictures of the containers and boxes so that if any box is damaged the insurance could see that thats how it came.

Other than this today was a pretty busy day and everyone was moving around a lot. A container had just gotten received so there was merchandise all over the place. Yari kept constantly going back making sure the workers where doing their job and passing paperwork of orders that had to be set up. The workers where moving all the boxes into places so that they could easily move other palets around the warehouse.

First Observation

Today I went to a family's friend computer wholesale business in Doral, Florida. Its a small warehouse composed of 8 workers. This warehouse is not used to sell products but to send the shipments of computers that come in from China to Venezuela where the headquarter of the company Kode located. During my observation I saw that everyone was dressed pretty slacked with jeans and t-shirt sneakers or flats for the woman. This I figured was allowed because it was not a main branch where a lot of clients come in. Yari Gonzales the person in command in this branch of the company takes care of the finances and that everything gets delivered on time, safe, and secured. Gonzales had a lot of paperwork on her desk and seemed very busy signing and chatting by msn with workers in Venezuela. Every so often she would print out what she called an order for parts and take it to the back where a huge warehouse full of all different types of computer parts and brands was located. Then 2 workers sweating because of the heat in the back would take the order and put it in the a big box, they would close it, serene wrap it, and staple it shut it was then put on the side ready to be shipped. After about 45 minutes I left promising that they would see me often throughout the next couple of months.