Another busy week gone

Keying in entry to signify DN has been received has always been a hassle and time wasting. So in order to cut down time wasting, nowadays the DNs are sent for checking first before keying in entry. This way, as long as the DNs are not missing when checked, I can then checked 'Yes' quickly to signify DN has been received without checking for the DN no. How I wish the company can remove this keying in system as checking DNs alone will be enough to indicate which DNs are missing.

Just as I thought it is another normal week, a contractor suddenly returned alot of long overdue DNs. They are of the old A4 size type and only records one magazine title per DN instead of multiple magazine titles on current DN. Our team are given a week or so to complete checking the old DNs. I don't know whether the deadline can be met because there are alot of other things to be done. Anyway, my colleagues say the time given should be enough as long as we commit a few hours to check those DNs each day.

And then, I first time faced WSO filing on friday instead of thursday. This time round, we got two extra helpers to file the WSOs. As usual, 1000 odd folders are filed and bundled into various parcels and waiting to be delivered to outlets a bit later then usual. And that completes the end of another busy week...

Collecting goods trip

Last wednesday, I went on a short collecting goods trip to Great World City. Me and the driver had to collect 50 small and big boxes worth of equipments such as cameras, vacuum cleaners and other miscellaneous items. We had to be careful when transporting the goods from the store to the van as it is bulky and the store contains full of expensive electronic stuffs. Throughout the trip, I get to know that the driver has been working at SPH for many years. If I am not wrong, the goods are supposedly meant for some sort of redeemption.

Anyway, such trips to collect goods are rare. I look forward to another such trip if there is any chance though.

Busy week indeed

So fast... Another week has passed and its weekend again. This time I experienced keying in date arrived for nearly 2000 pcs of WSO sheets. Plus all the stamping of date received, it is quite exhausting indeed. Maybe it takes some time to get used to this manual job. I believe I am coping well though as I managed to key finish about 200 batches of WSO sheets. As each batch is about 10 WSO sheets, that roughly accumulates to about 2000 pcs. At the end of keying in the dates in excel and stamping dates received, to some extent, I do feel a little satisfied.

With more time handling WSOs, I hope that I can pick up some much needed speed. Sometimes, I wonder if an introduction of technology can help reduce my workload. But then again, my company probably won't need temps like me if there isn't much things to do in the first place.

Coping with workload

It has been a busy week for me. Just extracting WSOs from a thousand odd pile of big size folder (roughly double the size of A4) is exhausting work for a person in a week. Each outlet has one WSO, hence a thousand odd accounts for the outlets islandwide. It is quite tedious and is a manual task. From extracting to keying in computer excel file plus stamping a received stamp, it all requires some patience and speed to complete this task. What a week it has been for me as i did not handle that many DNs as compared to my first week. All week long it has been WSO, tiring manual work indeed. Every 2 - 3 weeks, it will be my turn handling the WSOs. I sometimes hope WSOs can be a monthly routine instead of it being currently weekly routine. Haha, guess that won't be possible anytime soon though.

Had 2 lunch outside my work area for the past week. Food is so so but the nice part is getting to travel in a colleague car to places like toa payoh hub and circuit road hawker centre. Also had a small buffet lunch in office on friday which is so so though. It only means I get to save a meal worth of money. Anyway, hope to look forward to more lunch outings in weeks to come.

Coping with changes

After being back in SPH for a week, I find myself still coping with some changes. For me, there are good news and bad news. Good news is that delivery notes are now smaller, down from A4 size to receipt size, thus making handling them easier and also easier in consolidating them. Bad news is that I got to be more involved in Weekly Sales Orders (WSO) work which I did not handle them the last time round.

Previously, I look forward to every wednesday as its a day where a colleague will drive a few of us temps out to macpherson area to have lunch. It often varies from duck rice to things such as Ipoh Hor Fun. But nowadays, it seems that the colleague is not driving out anymore. It makes me wonder whether he still has a car or not. I will ask him one day whether he still drives or not. For now, I just follows where the other two temp staffs want to go for lunch.

Lately, one incident has made me wonder whether i am the one at fault. There is this distributor who returns some magazines and they are being kept at our side temporarily. I made sure that before I return him 3 magazines that are supposedly deem to be extra, there are to be 37 magazines. The next day that our side pass it to the store side, it turns out that there are 3 magazines short instead. Now, either its because I took out 3 additional magazines which I am sure it couldn't have been the case or somebody took it without me knowing. Hopefully the lost magazines are found soon so that no one else has to be held responsible.

So far so good...

Things have gone well as planned... Looks like in no time, i will meet some colleagues whom I have worked with before. Wonders what shall I talk to them? Shall think about it these few days since there is still some time before I meet them... How I love wednesdays back when I work there... Shall talk more about it next time... Stay tuned... =P

Job confirmed...

Just received news on monday from HR about the latest job offer. Its a 6 month contract with a decent pay of $6 per hour. Somehow Its a bit less than what I expected but still I feel it is acceptable. So I filled in the application form and send in the necessary documents through email. I hope everything else goes well so that I can work in SPH starting 12 Sept 2011. Hopefully, this will be a refreshing start in my working life...