ISSUE DOCUMENT 8771 NOTIFICATION OF EXPIRING PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS

PROJECT OUTLINE  Web Page Enhancements:  Contract Administration  Contract Display/Search Pages  Table Enhancements  PL/SQL Procedures:  Weekly Notification  Daily Notification  UNIX/CRON Job

PROJECT OBJECTIVES  Maintain familiar contract entry format for customers  Expand data entry detail and functionality for better reporting  Eliminate need to load contracts into Ariba tool  Normalize existing data and match to COGS Database  Notify Contract Directors and Vice President of contract status

COMPANY BACKGROUND  Alcoa is :  Operating in 43 countries and employs 131,000  The worlds largest producer of aluminum and alumina  A very safe company to work for  Alcoa in Pittsburgh:  Alcoa has multiple locations in the Pittsburgh area  Alcoa Corporate Center houses resources used by business units worldwide  ATC/NADC handle data warehousing and process creation  Alcoa Business Service Center contains GBS-IS where I interned

TIMELINE

TRAINING  ALCOA LEARNING EXPRESS PROGRAM:  Active Server Pages  VBscripts  Introduction to SQL  Web based integration with iSQL  HTML  NEW HORIZONS WEB TUTORIAL:  Introduction to HTML  Intermediate HTML

Challenges Faced Becoming familiarized with extensive Alcoa vocabulary Learning home grown system in unfamiliar languages Minimal documentation within code Correcting pre-existing data anomalies

Structure of Internship Program The Alcoa internship program is well structured and engaging Activities were varied and accommodating Team building exercises allowed for internal networking between interns Participation in Interns 2005 fostered external networking with interns in other corporations Multiple meetings with executives End presentations with feedback from supervisors

Overall Experience & Lessons Learned Choosing a company that will invest in your future is well worth the work Within ever shifting corporate environments good documentation is paramount especially concerning in house systems Administrative tasks are often expensed through employee initiative Understanding the business process and terminology can be as important as technical skills Proper design reduces total creation and implementation time