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+## 1. Highlights & Wins  
+- **Project / Area**: QLS Handling — Deployed touchscreen time-tracking for warehouse staff  
+  - **Impact & Metrics**:  
+    - Staff onboarded: ~20 employees  
+    - Time saved: ~12–15 hrs/week (manual logging + digitization)  
+    - Error reduction: ~85% fewer missing or incorrect entries  
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+- **Project / Area**: QLS Handling — Kicked off API integration with third-party customs data provider  
+  - **Impact & Metrics**:  
+    - Shipments covered: ~50/day (~250/week)  
+    - Time saved: ~20 hrs/week of manual data entry  
+    - Error reduction: ~90% fewer data-entry mistakes  
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+- **Project / Area**: QLS Handling — Led on-site brainstorming session with the warehouse team  
+  - **Impact & Metrics**:  
+    - Top action items: refine receiving workflow; update inventory labeling; establish daily stand-up  
+    - Quick win: new labeling process (~2 hrs/week saved)  
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+## 2. Challenges & Blockers  
+- **High urgency / Priority shift**: Compressed timeline forced pausing all other projects so I could devote 100% focus to QLS Handling.  
+- **Invoicing-flow complexity**: Need to support 4 major cost types (each with ≥ 2 billing variations) plus an upstream “incident” billing path for transport failures—making schema design and testing particularly intricate.  
+- **Spec dependencies**: Awaiting detailed incident definitions from logistics partners to finalize the upstream incident billing logic.
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+## 3. Learnings & Growth  
+- Prepared for AWS Aurora migration: configured the initial Aurora cluster and deepened understanding of its scaling, high-availability, and compatibility features.  
+- (No time this week for a formal skills deep-dive due to urgent QLS Handling priorities.)
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+## 4. Collaboration & Mentorship  
+- **Finance Stakeholder Meeting**: Discussed and aligned on the new invoicing flow’s requirements and billing model variations.  
+- **Warehouse Team Sync**: Gathered additional change requests and clarified workflows needed for QLS Handling updates.
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+## 5. Next Week’s Goals  
+- [ ] Migrate production database to AWS Aurora and validate performance benchmarks  
+- [ ] Roll out new warehouse software (built over the last half year) to the warehouse team: onboarding & training sessions  
+- [ ] Provide quick bug fixes and support for the new warehouse software as issues arise  
+- [ ] Finalize incident-billing logic once upstream specs arrive  
+- [ ] Conduct QLS integration smoke tests post-launch and triage any issues