Hey everyone,I come from a Civil Engineering background and recently joined full-time as an Assistant Manager in a Supply Chain Management role after getting a PPO from my internship.
During my internship, most of my work was operations-focused, involving execution, coordination, tracking, reporting, and other manual processes. I wasn't really involved in coding-heavy projects.
Now that I've joined full-time, my team wants me to work more on the data analytics and automation side. They've been talking about automating repetitive tasks using Python, Google Apps Script, and other tools. The problem is that I'm completely lost on where to start.
I did learn some Python during placement preparation and have worked with a few libraries before, but I've forgotten most of it. I do know Power BI and Looker Studio at a basic-to-intermediate level, but Google Apps Script is totally new to me. People are also mentioning TypeScript, and I don't really understand where it fits in or whether I should learn it right now.
A few questions:
\- If you were starting from scratch, what would you learn first?
\- Any good beginner-friendly courses or YouTube playlists for Python automation?
\- How important is Google Apps Script in supply chain/data analytics roles?
\- Do I need to learn TypeScript as well, or can I ignore it for now?
\- What tools are commonly used for automation in operations/supply chain teams?
\- Are there any AI tools that can help build automations without being an expert programmer?
My goal is not to become a software engineer. I just want to become capable enough to automate reports, dashboards, trackers, emails, data cleaning tasks, and repetitive workflows that teams usually do manually.
Would really appreciate advice from people working in analytics, operations, supply chain, or automation roles. Feeling a bit overwhelmed and clueless at the moment.